How to Manage Stress Like a Navy Seal
Oct 16, 2022 1:06 pm
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This Weeks Topic: Managing Stress Like a Navy Seal
Here's how you can hack your biology to manage stress like a Navy Seal.
With this simple technique, you can go from panic to calm in a few minutes.
Box breathing is a way to take yourself out of "fight or flight" (sympathetic nervous system) and and activate your "rest and digest"
How to:
Breathe in for 4 seconds
Hold for 4 seconds
Breathe out for 4 seconds
Hold for 4 seconds
Repeat as long as necessary
Benefits:
-Relaxes you
-Improves cognitive performance
-Prepares you for other stressful situations
Blog Of the Week: Making Stress Work For You
Box Breathing is the first step to interrupting the stress cycle, the bog post below will take it a few steps deeper on how to use stress in a helpful way.
Video of the Week: Manage Stress Like a Navy Seal
Here's a 3 minute video on how to use box breathing to manage stressful situations.
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