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Maybe you were nervous, agitated, or anxious; maybe you were crying or upset.

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Either way, at some point in your life, someone has told you to just breathe.

It may seem obvious, but it helps.

Breathing consciously has been shown to have profoundbenefitsfor your physical and mental health.

The transformative benefits of breathwork are varied andwell-documented, butas with many so-called alternative therapiesresearch is limited.

Joe Dispenza, whose work involves a combination of breathing, meditation, music, and neuroscience.

Through breathwork, we manage to quiet the mental noise.

This gives us access to ourlimbic brain; our subconscious.

Thats our true operating system.

Breathworkwhich can be done on your own or with the help of a practitioneris a great place to start.

Try the following breath: inhale for five seconds and exhale for five seconds.

Doing this for five minutes helps to regulate your nervous system and build new neural pathways.

This helps you pause, recenter, and reground yourself before reacting, responding, or making a decision.

With practice, youll notice that this helps manage and change your energy bringing better, more desirable results.