Day 7 Learning To Breathe Box Breathing

Box breathing has been around for a very large number of years. this practice is often used in Navy seal training when they are in the cold water doing exercise. It is also used in cold water therapy. We dive Deeper into the 4 parts of a breath the inhale, suspension, exhale and retention in this practice.

Transcript

Welcome to Day 7 of Learning to Breathe with Carrie Joy of Sagewood Wellness. So today we are going to be practicing box breathing. The really neat thing about box breathing is that the U. S. Navy SEALs use box breathing when they are in their water practices in the ocean or in big lakes of water. So in box breathing, We inhale for the count of 4, We then hold our breath or retain our breath for the count of 4. Then we exhale for the count of 4, And then we suspend our breath for the count of 4. Box breathing is really great for if you have anxiety or if you have a really stressful moment and you're just trying to catch your breath. So for box breathing, Again, We are making a box with our breath. So this includes our 4 parts of breath, So we're inhaling to the count of 4 for inhalation. Then we're retaining our breath for the count of 4 for our hold. On our exhale, We're releasing our breath for 4. Then from here, We're suspending our breath for the count of 4 for our last hold. Let's jump right into practice. So finding a comfortable seat, Finding your breath, Just sitting in the moment for a second, Coming into your body, Just normally breathing. Now we start our box breathing. So we're starting to inhale through the nose, 2, 3, 4. Hold for retention, 2, 3, 4. Exhale for release, 2, 3, 4. Hold for suspension, 2, 3, 4. Inhale, 2, 3, 4. Hold, 2, 3, 4. Exhale, 2, 3, 4. Hold, 2, 3, 4. Inhale, 2, 3, 4. Hold, 2, 3, 4. Exhale, 2, 3, 4. Hold, 2, 3, 4. One more time. Inhale, 2, 3, 4. Hold, 2, 3, 4. Exhale, 2, 3, 4. Hold, 2, 3, 4. Releasing our practice, Bringing ourself back into our natural breath cycle. While we're breathing, We're taking time to observe what we experienced in our practice. You may feel more in your body. You may have noticed that maybe 4 was a little tough. That is okay, We grow and expand into practice. Now we're going to come back into the room, Knowing that we can come back to our practice at any time. You can do this with any count, Whether that's 2, 3, All the way up to 10, If you choose. Allowing movement into our fingers and our toes. Feeling the temperature of the skin, Or the air on our skin. Next, Opening our eyes. Thank you so much for joining me for Day 7. I look forward to seeing you on Day 8.