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Stillness Practices

Straw Breathing

Breath-Focused

A cooling, calming exercise that uses a narrow mouth posture to naturally prolong your exhales. Lengthening the exhale signals the brain that you are completely safe and can relax.

Instructions

  1. Relax your face: Part your teeth and loosen your jaw muscles. 

  2. Inhale naturally: Take a gentle breath in through your nose. 

  3. Purse your lips: Shape your mouth as if you are holding a tiny drinking straw between your lips. 

  4. Blow a thin stream: Exhale very slowly through the imaginary straw, making the breath last twice as long as the inhale. 

  5. Empty gently: Let the air trail off without forcing it at the very end. 

  6. Repeat for minutes: Continue for 1 to 2 minutes until your heart rate starts to feel noticeably slower.

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