Tips to Help Calm Your Anxiety | Yoga Journal
“Take a breath.” That’s the first thing people suggest when someone seems anxious or agitated. It’s not only good instinct, it’s solid science. Andrew Huberman, PhD, a Stanford University neurobiologist, offers a calming breathing technique called the physiological sigh: Breath in through the nose, then breathe in a little more. Then take a long exhalation through the mouth. Repeat three times. His research found that this technique can noticeably slow a racing heart in as little as 40 seconds. This practice seems to be hardwired in all of us, Huberman says. We often do it in our sl...