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The Operating Manual for Your Nervous System
Japanese, African, Hawaiian: Meryl Davids Landau, “This Breathing Exercise Can Calm You Down in a Few Minutes,” Vice, Mar. 16, 2018; Christophe André, “Proper Breathing Brings Better Health,” Scientific American, Jan. 15, 2019.
James Nestor • Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
Full Catastrophe Living, Revised Edition: How to cope with stress, pain and illness using mindfulness meditation
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Remember that when dealing with any form of anxiety, our task is not to fight our own nervous systems but to help them relax and enjoy cooperating with our conscious intentions, like sensitive animals that have learned to trust kindly humans. When we get hijacked by anxiety patterns, we’re dealing with literal wild things: sections of our nervous s
... See moreMartha Beck • Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose
Practice deep breathing. Simple yet effective. Exhaling activates the parasympathetic nervous system, responsible for the body’s “rest-and-digest” processes.
Paul Grewal • Genius Foods: Become Smarter, Happier, and More Productive While Protecting Your Brain for Life (Genius Living Book 1)
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