Regulating our breathing helps us to feel calm.
When we feel calm, we’re in control of our behaviour.
This is because the logical brain is in control of the emotional brain.
There are many different breathing exercises out there.
My favourite is a simple breathe in for 3 and out for 4.
Exhaling longer than inhaling helps our body to relax and our brain to move from emotional to logical.
Keep repeating in for 3, out for 4 until the anxiety decreases and the calm increases.
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