Breathing right
Simply breathing at a 1:2 ratio of inhale time to exhale time can substantially change your heart rate, and thus your mood.
Try exhaling for twice as long as you inhale, and now concentrate on repeating that length of exhale for, say, fifteen to thirty seconds. You'll notice your heart rate slow immediately.
If you need a mantra to repeat to stay in the zone, try a phrase with 4 or 5 syllables.
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