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5 Steps to Transform Stress For Deep & Restorative Sleep - Charlie Morley

The Mindvalley Podcast

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Why Do We Breathe Faster Than Ten Breaths a Minute?

Any time you breathe quicker than ten breaths a minute, you are activating the fital flight system. It means we're constantly on the lookout for a fight or a fleeing situation that never comes. And crucially, it is screwing up our sleep. In order to go to sleep, you need to activate not the sympathetic nervous system, but the paro sympathetic nervous system. You can change the outer environment all you like, until you learn to switch on the para synpathetic the rest and digest, you'll be ser that is incredible.

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