2:1 Breathing To Activate The Parasympathetic Nervous System

Feeling ramped up, agitated, or stressed? Use your body's built-in mechanism for quieting the body and mind: the parasympathetic nervous system. By gently lengthening your exhales to become twice as long as your inhales, you send a message to your brain that you are safe. In turn, your heart rate slows and your body conserves energy. Over time, managing your stress through breath work can help improve your heart rate variability and provide protection from stress-related illnesses.

Reviews

This session was so relaxing that 10 minutes flew by. Everything about it was perfect...perfect tone, perfect rhythm, perfect music, perfect breath work.

A calming relaxing breathing practice that I have enjoyed using

This was a wonderful respite in the middle of a busy day packing up my house for a cross-country move. This practice helped alleviate stress and overwhelm. I will continue to use it often.

So powerful. Went from very shallow breathing and feeling anxious to much deeper breathing and more relaxed at end.

Great! Your voice is calming and you don’t interrupt the practice with theories.
Started noticing the pauses between the in and out and in breaths.