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3️⃣🧘‍♂️Practice Deep Breathing

3️⃣🧘‍♂️Practice Deep Breathing

Just 5–10 minutes of box breathing (inhale 4s, hold 4s, exhale 4s, hold 4s) can significantly reduce cortisol levels.

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3. Use "box breathing" to reduce stress

3. Use "box breathing" to reduce stress

The Navy SEALS use a stress reduction method called “box breathing.” All you have to do is inhale for a count of four, hold for a count of four, and exhale for a count of four. It...

9. Try a breathing exercise.

9. Try a breathing exercise.

Try "box breathing". The technique, outlined below, is popular among Navy SEALs and only takes five minutes:

  1. Inhale for four seconds.
  2. Hold the air in your lungs for four seconds.
  3. Exhale for four seconds, emptying all of...

Deep breathing

  1. Sit or stand with your elbows slightly back. This allows your chest to expand more fully.
  2. Inhale deeply through your nose.
  3. Hold your breath as you count to 5.
  4. Release the air via a slow, deep exhale, throu...

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