Breathing underwater (read for tip) Have you ever wondered how professional swimmers time their exhale? There are a lot of different ideas about how to do it, and really, most of them are right. It really comes down to 2 things: 1) What effort are you swimming? 2) What works for you? When I am swimming at a higher tempo, I pretty always do what you see in this video… Hold my breath for 1 stroke, then do a quick short exhale as I rotate to breath. But where it gets interesting is when I’m breathi

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Breathing techniques that calm your nervous system fast 🫁 1. Box breathing 🔲 → The breathing pattern here is inhale, hold, exhale, hold and each of these are done for an equal amount of time. In this video I suggest four second segments, but this can be longer or shorter depending on your needs. 2. Physiological Sigh 😮‍💨 → This is one of my favorites for FAST relief. For this technique, your inhale will have two parts. One full breath in, with another right on top of it. Then exhale with a l

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