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What is Box Breathing?: the technique explained

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What does the What is Box Breathing? Video cover?

A short video from Sunnybrook Hospital explaining what box breathing is, how the equal counts of breathing in, holding, breathing out and holding work, and why it helps calm the body's stress response.

Who is this What is Box Breathing? Video for?

Helpful if you: 

🤔 Want to understand box breathing before trying it 

😰 Feel anxious and want a technique with a clear rationale 

🎬 Prefer a short explanation to a guided practice 

 

For therapists: 

Share this video as an introduction before assigning the five or ten-minute box breathing practices, so clients understand why the technique works. Fully HIPAA and GDPR compliant.

Dr Harriet Mellotte

Dr Harriet Mellotte

Clinical Psychologist & CBT Therapist, BABCP

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