Box Breathing for Maximum Calm
About this class
Try three or four cycles of this box breathing exercise daily to achieve maximum calm, focus, and concentration.
Box breathing — most commonly known as squared breathing — is a deep, paced breathing exercise that can help you feel calm, relax your mind and body in stressful situations, and improve focus and concentration. Research has shown that this type of practice can strengthen our capacity to regulate emotions, reduces blood pressure and cell degeneration, and also heightens performance amongst other benefits.
About the teacher
Dr. David Vago
David Vago, Ph.D., is on a mission to alleviate suffering and improve wellbeing through investigating connections between the mind, brain, and body. He has over 15 years of experience studying the basic neurobiological mechanisms supporting mind-body practices in relation to wellbeing and over 25 years of formal meditation training.
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