4-7-8 Breathing

Created by Dr. Andrew Weil this is breathing exercise to help you relax: 

1. First, let your lips part. Exhaling completely through your mouth.
2. Next, close your lips, inhaling silently through your nose as you count to 4.
3. Then, for 7 seconds, hold your breath.

Use deep breathing exercises to relax your body:

• Sit somewhere comfortable with a straight back
• Close your eyes and begin breathing through your nose
• Breathe in for a count of two.
• Hold your breath for a count of one
• Breathe out through your mouth ...

The “4-7-8 breath” technique is touted as a calming practice and tool to combat anger.

Exhale completely through your mouth, then inhale through your nose for a count of four. Hold your breath for seven seconds, then exhale through your mouth for a count of eight. It’s not possible t...