Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Deep breathing does more than calm you down—it shifts your physiology.
Your heart rate naturally rises slightly when you inhale and slows when you exhale, a rhythm influenced by your vagus nerve.
By making your exhale longer than your inhale, you activate the parasympathetic nervous system—the body’s rest and recovery mode. Heart rate drops, blood pressure lowers, and stress response calms.
This is measurable biology, not placebo. You’re using breath to influence your nervous system in real time.
Try this: inhale for 4 counts, exhale for 6–8. A few minutes can shift your state.
#DeepBreathing #NervousSystem #StressRelief #MindBodyConnection #DrTraceyMarks
Deep breathing does more than calm you down—it shifts your physiology.
Your heart rate naturally rises slightly when you inhale and slows when you exhale, a rhythm influenced by your vagus nerve.
By making your exhale longer than your inhale, you activate the parasympathetic nervous system—the body’s rest and recovery mode. Heart rate drops, blood pressure lowers, and stress response calms.
This is measurable biology, not placebo. You’re using breath to influence your nervous system in real time.
Try this: inhale for 4 counts, exhale for 6–8. A few minutes can shift your state.
#DeepBreathing #NervousSystem #StressRelief #MindBodyConnection #DrTraceyMarks
