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Back to Work: Calm Body, Calm Mind

The Anxious Achiever

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The Power of Long Exhale

Long exhales activate the parasympathetic nervous system that begins to turn that light switch. Exhaling allows the belly to deflate, just like a balloon would lose air. If you can do it through the nose, if your nose is not congested, that is ideal. And some of your listeners are, you may mention yoga have some experience with yoga breathing where on the, even on the exhale, if you do like a very slight constriction in the back of your throat,. It's called an ocean sounding breath or the jai breath.

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