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convince them in 90 seconds or less
EXERCISE
Square Breathing
Here is another simple breathing exercise to chill you
out before a presentation: Inhale slowly, counting to
four; hold for four; exhale for four; hold for four. Repeat
ten times.
Just as with fight-or-flight breathing, your whole body
will respond to this slowing down of the system. You will
slow down and your body will relax as it gets the message
that “everything’s okay.”
When you feel comfortable, move up to a count of
eight all around, then twelve. A few minutes a day for a
week should get you there. You’ll take this incredible skill
with you to your grave. The only thing is that the better
you get at square breathing, and the more you do it, the
farther away your grave’s going to be.
breathing until the hand on your chest doesn’t move at
all and the hand on your abdomen moves out with every
inhale and moves in as you exhale.” She found it easy,
and before long she was grinning. Belly breathing allows
you to take in almost twice as much air as the chest
breathing that most people use, so the first time you do
it, it’s a nice rush.
Now it was time to move Teresa’s nostrils. “As you
continue to breathe in and out into your abdomen, imag-
ine your nostrils are just below your navel, and breathe
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