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Counting to ten asks you to keep track of numbers at the exact moment you cannot keep track of anything. Breathe out slowly instead and let the breath do the delaying.
The count was only ever a way of buying a few seconds, and a long out breath buys the same seconds without needing anything from a mind that has gone…
Hum. You cannot hum without a long out breath, so the technique makes you do it right whether you are concentrating or not.
Most breathing instructions leave you judging whether your exhale was really slow enough, which is a poor thing to be assessing while you are…
While you hum, put your attention on the tickle in your nose and lips. There is not much room left for the argument once you are following that.
Two things happen in the same breath. The exhale stretches out, which settles the body, and the buzzing gives your attention somewhere plain to sit,…
Better to hum like a bee than to sting like one. Silly, and that is why it will still be there when you need it.
Techniques you can only recall when calm are not much use, since the moment they are needed is the moment your thinking goes. A short phrase that…
Take slow sips of water. You have to hold your breath for a moment to swallow, so your breathing slows down without you having to manage it.
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This is why a glass of water helps more than it has any right to. Nobody has to tell you how to drink, and the slowing happens as a side effect of…