
Episode 245: Physiologic Flexibility For Health & Performance - Dr. Mike Nelson
Human Performance Outliers Podcast with Zach Bitter
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Do Longer Exhales Really Help With Anxiety?
There's some interesting data in that area, for sure. What i've seen anecdotally is people who tend to have higher anxiety has reall really good breathing patterns. Inhale through your nose, purse, lip. Exhale. If you can sit with your eyes kind of relaxed, i especially like doing this outside,. Just that kind of relaxed, kind of chilled out, more slight peripheral vision. Also, multiple things you can do with both the visual system, breathing mechanics to try to increase that par sympathetic tone over all.
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