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The Operating Manual for Your Nervous System
I close my eyes and inhale deeply. Hold for ten seconds. I breathe out. Hold for ten seconds. This is a sequence I repeat whenever I start to feel anxious or tense - emotions I experience much too often for my liking these days.
Boudewijn Bertsch • Cynefin - Weaving Sense-Making Into the Fabric of Our World ED02
Here’s a tool you can immediately try out to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and push back the stress response in real-time:
The physiological sigh.
It’s simple:
The physiological sigh.
It’s simple:
- 2 inhales through the nose (one long until you feel you can do no more, and then a second small one)
- 1 long extended exhale through the mouth
- 1–3 times