When we switch from one task to another, our attention doesn't magically follow. Some of it remains stuck thinking of the previous task, a trait scientists call "attention residue."
It's a major setback to productivity.
However, let's use that concept to create a new breathing term that's actually helpful:
Breathing Residue: The calmness that persists several minutes (sometimes hours) after performing a slow breathing practice.
We want less attention residue, more breathing residue : )
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P.S. The breathing geeks among you might prefer to call breathing residue by its more scientific name, vagal tone. But that's not as fun 😊
P.P.S. Based on yesterday's TB1%, we could say: More breathing residue = more loving potential.