It’s the holiday season, which for many people elicits increased feelings of stress and anxiety. Christmas lists, work and family parties, neighbor gifts, gloomy weather, travelling, dealing with grumpy people etc, etc, etc…
Don’t fret, I have a new tool for you to try!
In my neuroscience class last week I learned about the physiological sigh…
“The “physiological sigh” is an example of a bottom-up stress management technique that can be used acutely to reduce stress or anxiety. To practice the physiological sigh, receive an inhale, but before you get to the top, take another inhale. Then, expel all your air with an exhale. That’s it!” (https://www.dayagrant.com/blog/the-physiological-sigh )
Reducing your physiological stress (which leads to shallow, constricted breathing) may also reduce your emotional stress. Your body likely takes breaths like this on its own throughout the day…but next time you’re in a long line at the store, stuck in traffic or surrounded by loud, annoying people at your work party practice a conscious physiological sigh and let those negative feelings go on the exhale!
I hope you find this technique helpful.
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