Become aware of your breathing.
Controlling stress is important for health and peak performance. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) helps us maintain the status quo (or not) without us necessarily being aware. Like yin and yang between the ANS has 2 sides - the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), which is active with arousal, and the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS), which is active in rest.
So next time your watching TV, working or exercising pay attention to your depth of breathing, pace and inhalation vs. exhalation. If you have too much SNS activity your breaths will be shallow and quick. So slow it down, learn diaphramatic breathing and re-teach yourself this automatic process.
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