It’s time to breathe! Select a track from below to slow down and relax into resilience.
Breathe in for 6 and exhale for 6 so you can slow down the heart and the breath together.
Resonant breathing is particularly well-studied for maximizing heart rate variability, the variation in time between heartbeats, which is considered a marvelous marker of cardiovascular health and stress resilience.
These seven minutes center extended exhales with a few holds after the inhale to help you ground and root into your strength. The extended exhale activates the parasympathetic response, while the holding of the breath at the top of the inhale builds your body’s tolerance for carbon dioxide, training respiratory efficiency and resiliency under brief physiological stress (aka calm under pressure).