How To Manage Stress (Big and Small) With Deep Breathing

If you’d like to know how to manage stress quickly and easily… in virtually any situation… and no matter how stressful the situation… then you need to read this article right now.

Because you’re a human, you are subjected to stress day in and day out. While you need some amount of stress to be healthy (like the muscle overload principle), stress can have harmful side effects…

• Weight Gain – stress increases cortisol levels and contributes to weight gain
• Weak Immune System – You’ll get sick easier and if you’re sick it takes longer to heal…
• More Mistakes – if you’re stressed out you’re more likely to make mistakes at work and in life…
• Insomnia – overstressing can lead to not sleeping well, which presents its own whole set of problems…

And we’re just getting started, but this article isn’t about the damage stress can have on your health–it’s about how to stomp it into submission! (also called “managing stress”)

So How Can You Manage Stress Just By Breathing?

This is a martial arts technique to center yourself. When you find yourself in a stressful situation the first step is to be aware of your body…

Notice your shallow breathing… your jaw tensing… your upper back and shoulders tightening up… then focus again on your breath.

To control your body you must control your breath and here’s how to do it.

• Stop – take a few moments to regain control
• Slowly Breathe in deep – breathe in through your nose imagining energy, light or a silver string being sucked in through your nose…
• Belly first – breathe in, focusing on expanding and filling your belly with air (and energy) first…
• Chest next – once your stomach is completely full of air and energy/light, then you can fill your chest…
• Hold – now hold the air in your completely full lungs for a moment, imagine the light/energy circulating in your lower stomach, and…
• Exhale – flex your pc muscles and glutes to “push” the air out forcefully and fully…
• Get it all out – make sure to empty your lungs completely of all the air you just put in and image

Repeat the above as many times as necessary to regain control of your body and destress. You should be able to go more slowly with each “rep”. The more you do this the better you’ll get at it.

Million Dollar Tip: The flexing of your pc muscles and glutes will also help you have more powerful erections (if you’re a guy)… and you’ll have more powerful orgasms, no matter what you’re packing down there

When Can You Use This Technique?

The beauty of this technique is you can use it in virtually any situation! Because it’s a completely internal process involving just your breath and your mind, no one has to know you’re doing it. You can do it…

• To cure road rage – instead of raging, take a few minutes to calm yourself and de-stress…
• Before talking to that girl – when you feel those butterflies, take a moment to center yourself, and then go make your move…
• Recovering – from cardio or in between rounds in a fight, you can use this to “Force” yourself to recover faster by getting oxygen into your body/bloodstream fast…
• At work – use the above to de-stress when your co-workers have you imagining a Falling Down reanactment…
• In Relationships – about to blow up at your girlfriend? Take a second, breathe, remember she’s cute and then handle your bizness…

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. You can use this technique in virtually any situation when you need to know how to manage stress effectively.

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