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9. Try a breathing exercise.

9. Try a breathing exercise.

Try "box breathing". The technique, outlined below, is popular among Navy SEALs and only takes five minutes:

  1. Inhale for four seconds.
  2. Hold the air in your lungs for four seconds.
  3. Exhale for four seconds, emptying all of the air in your lungs.
  4. Hold your lungs empty for four seconds.
  5. Repeat for five minutes.

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