Step 1: Deep belly breathing
The trigger is sending us into that fight or flight mode, meaning our nervous system is reacting. Breathing deeply into your belly can calm that physiological nervous system response that happens when you are emotionally activated by a trigger.
One of the effective belly breathing techniques is to breathe deeply into your belly on a count of 3 and breathe out on a count of 6.
Practice belly breathing all the time. Don't wait for the moment when you're triggered to remember that belly breath. You need some practice in order to get accustomed to deep belly breathing.
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"Our triggers are teachers. Our work is just to see them that way." Dr. Nicole LePera
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