Breathing technique awareness is:

  • a direct pathway to the autonomic nervous system
  • a proactive way to manage neural pathways in the face of triggers and distress
  • an avenue to choose our mental emotional states
  • a way to shape our central nervous system towards safety & connection
  • proven to return ventral vagal control
  • increases the influence of the vagus on the heart

 

 

References

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