Good Stress, Self Love, and Breathing for Happiness and Wisdom
Published February 27, 2023
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1. On & Off: The Stress-Reducing Effects of Fast Breathing
“Breathing really fast and heavy on purpose flips the vagal response the other way, shoving us into a stressed state. It teaches us to consciously access the autonomic nervous system and control it, to turn on heavy stress specifically so that we can turn it off and spend the rest of our days and nights relaxing and restoring, feeding and breeding.”
- James Nestor, Breath
Although I talk about slow breathing 99.9% of the time, this is an excellent description of the benefits of occasionally practicing fast breathing: We consciously turn on stress so we can then turn it off. 👏
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