Lion's Breath For Lowering Cortisol

Lion’s Breath (Simhasana) — Feeling tense, anxious, or stuck in your head? Lion’s Breath releases facial tension, helps activate the vagus nerve, and gently shifts your nervous system. No mat required.

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Welcome, I'm Radiance, And today we're going to do Simhasa, Also known as the lion's breath. This one can change your nervous system in 60 seconds. Just inhale deeply through your nose and then open your mouth wide, Stick out your tongue all the way and exhale with a loud. Hmmmm. . . That sound is your vagus nerve activating. That is cortisol leaving your body. The lion's breath releases tension in your face, Your neck, And your throat, All places where we carry stress without knowing it. Let's do it two more times. Here we go. Inhale. HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM roaring is optional. Inhale one more time. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr You can do that in your bathroom, You can do it in your car, You can do it anytime that you need to feel an instant release of stress and an instant release of cortisol. Enjoy your lion's breath.