“The long-term effects of a daily breathing practice, just like those of a daily exercise routine, are even more pronounced. Preliminary studies have found that regularly practicing breathing exercises normalizes your level of cortisol, the ‘stress hormone.’ As a regular practice, breathing can recondition your body to a state of greater calm, helping it bounce back from stress more quickly and perhaps reducing reactivity in the face of challenges…you can use daily breathing exercises to prepare your nervous system to be resilient in the face of stressful events.”*
- Emma Sepällä, Ph.D., The Happiness Track
That is all 👏
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P.S. We’ve made it 50 days of improving by 1% every day 🎉🎉🎉
* I listened to this book on Audible, so the quote is my best guess based on the narrator’s pace and pauses.