As she held her breath, she thought of all the many ways she could get back at that guy for cutting her off at the intersection. “I can’t believe he did this to me…I’m gonna show him I’m not someone he can just walk all over. Jerk!” Still holding her breath… she swerved into the fast lane to get ahead of the guy who caused the problem.
This illustration depicts a common problem in those who bully themselves…holding the breath. Our bodies are constantly working to maintain homeostasis, but this cannot happen when we react to the environment with habits such as this. This starts a chain reaction of events in which the heart rhythm becomes stressed and leads to stress hormones being released to the body. So when you engage in road rage, who suffers? That guy who cut you off probably has no clue that he did anything to aggravate you. You win the prize of a stressful life!
Notice in our illustration the key component of holding the breath followed by thoughts that finally lead to body reactions. Biofeedback has taught us the integral role of breath work in calming body and emotional reactions. The average rate of finding recuperation from breathing is obtaining 6 breaths per minute. This is not done on a normal basis, but a couple of times a day to restore your energy and heart balance. This youtube video paces your breath at this rate:
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