24 Anxiety Effects On The Body

How can you reduce anxiety?

Here’s a simple tool for you:
→    The 4-4-8 Breathing Technique

“Come on, really?”
Yep, really!
I used it before races back when I was an athlete.
Here’s how you can give it a go:

1.    When you feel anxious or simply worried about the future, sit down.

2.    Get into the most upright posture possible.
Imagine being the person with the best posture on earth.

3.    Breathe in through your nose for 4 seconds.
Make sure to swell the belly, not the chest.
This means you’ll be breathing through your diaphragm.

4.    Hold your breath for 4 seconds and feel your belly swollen with air.

5.    Breathe out through your mouth, making a whooshing sound for 8 seconds.

6.    After these 8 seconds, go back to step 3 (breathe in through your nose for 4 seconds).
Repeat this cycle (4-4-8) four times.
In total you’re gonna spend about 1 minute.
And if you feel comfortable you can add more cycles, of course.

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