Box Breathing

This video demonstrates the "box breath" which looks at all four phases of a breath cycle: 1) Active inhalation 2) Retention After Inhalation 3) Exhalation 4) Retention After Exhalation

The procedure is as follows:

1. Actively inhale down and wide into the abdomen, lower back, pelvic floor, lower ribs and front and back of the chest (take about 4 seconds)
2. Hold the expansion created during the inhale for about 4 seconds
3. Slowly compress the expansion created during the inhale by moving the abdomen and ribcage inward, the pelvic floor upward and allowing the lungs to deflate (take about 4 seconds)
4. Hold the compression created by the exhale for about 4 seconds
5. Repeat the cycle for as many breaths as desired, increasing the count for each phase as able.

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