Jason Yun takes you introduces you to box breathing and takes you through a cycle of it. This is excellent to clear your mind and relieve stress. This is something that I picked up from Mark Devine, Former Navy Seal Commander and creator of Unbeatable Mind. This is what we use everyday before our Improvement Warrior Yoga Practice in Hilliard, OH.
Hey! What’s up? It’s Jason Yun, LBNOnlineFitness.com, Improvement Warrior Fitness. I’m sitting here in my car and we are stuck in traffic. I just wanted to show a quick technique that I use routinely when I am driving. I was listening to Podcast (earlier). Most people get stressed out with traffic. It’s 12:45, so it’s an accident but it’s not even rush hour but most people get stressed out with traffic and there’s no reason to do that so I just wanted to show you a stress relieving technique that I do. It’s called Box breathing. (In) box breathing, what you do is you inhale for 5 seconds then you hold at the top of 5 seconds then you exhale 5 seconds and then hold that for 5 seconds and as you get better at it you just increase the time. I’ve worked my way for about 10 to 12 seconds for each now. There’s an app in a link down below. It’s Pranayama by Seagara. It’s a pretty cool app. I do it every day.
But basically, what you do is breathe in for 5 seconds, hold 5 seconds, exhale 5 seconds and then hold that for 5 seconds. As you breathe in, you breathe in through your ujjayi breathing. I’ll probably make another video for it. It’s an excellent way to breathe, actually I have a link that will take you to a thing you can download so I can take you through it. But it’s basically breathing to the back of your throat kinda like you are folding up glasses or Darth Vader. So now we’ll try box breathing alright.
Breathe in for 5 seconds. Ready go.
Hold.
Exhale.
Hold.
Inhale.
Hold.
Exhale.
Hold.
and breathe in.
And basically, that’s three cycles. It’s basically all you do, helps relives stress, helps to improve your breath control so it’s always good for your mind. There are only two things you can control in your life at all times and those are your thoughts and your breath. Well, if you are underwater, you can’t control your breath. So that’s box breathing, alright. I’ll put those links down below. And don’t get stressed out by traffic. Don’t get stressed out by people. Live a positive life. Stay strong. Stay positive. Be the improvement warrior!