How to calm your nervous system, fast and before bed
Some days you need calm in the next two minutes. Other nights you need your body to land so you can sleep. These are the breathing tools I use for both.
How to reset your nervous system: five breath-led steps
When stress keeps you stuck in high gear, you cannot think your way out of it. Here are the five breath-led steps I teach, from a two-minute version to a 12 minute guided rest.
A Sigh, But Why?
You sigh about twelve times an hour and rarely notice. Here is what a sigh does, and why your phone may be quietly taking some of them away.
The physiological sigh: how to do it and why it works
If I could teach you only one breath, it would be this one. Two inhales, one long exhale, and about fifteen seconds to feel a shift.
Breathing for nervous system regulation: a simple daily practice
Your breath is the one part of your nervous system you can steer on purpose. Here is how I teach people to shift gears, up or down, in a few minutes a day.
How to breathe in a cold plunge
The first thirty seconds in cold water decide how the rest goes. Here is the breath I teach every group before they get in, and the one thing I ask everyone never to do.