This Easy Breathing Trick Will Instantly Calm Your Anxiety

With so much going on every day (the house, kids, work), it's easy to feel swallowed up by a never-ending to-do list. 

Whether you're experiencing a panic attack or feel stressed, most people know that one of the best things you can do is breathe deeply.

Now, educational YouTube channel Big Think is offering an extra-specific breathing technique to calm anxiety quickly. 

All you need to do is breathe out for twice as long as the amount of time that you breathe in. For example, if you inhale and count to five, exhale and count to 10.

This process essentially tricks your body into thinking it is relaxing, as it switches your body's nervous system from the sympathetic state to parasympathetic mode.

Give it a try and see if it works on you! 

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From: Good Housekeeping UK