A paced, visual breathing guide, pick a pattern, follow the circle, and let your nervous system catch up with the moment.
Slow, paced breathing is one of the few ways to directly influence your nervous system on purpose. A longer exhale in particular activates the vagus nerve and shifts your body from fight-or-flight toward rest-and-digest, which is why a few minutes of this can measurably lower heart rate and feelings of anxiety, even before anything about the situation changes.
Choose a pattern
How many cycles
