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4-7-8 Breathing: How It Works, How to Do It, and More
4-7-8 Breathing
- First, let your lips part. Exhaling completely through your mouth.
- Next, close your lips, inhaling silently through your nose as you count to 4.
- Then, for 7 seconds, hold your breath.
- Make another whooshing exhale from your mouth for 8 seconds.
This is one repetition. Try to do at least 4.
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4-7-8 Breathing
- First, let your lips part. Exhaling completely through your mouth.
- Next, close your lips, inhaling silently through your nose as you count to 4.
- Then, for 7 seconds, hold your breath.
- Make another whooshing exhale from your mouth for 8 seconds.
This is one repetition. Try to do at least 4.
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