Breath check
Five questions on the mechanism, the patterns, and when each one applies.
Five questions, no timer, nothing recorded beyond this browser.
1. Which part of the breath is responsible for the calming effect?
Heart rate falls slightly on the exhale. Making the exhale meaningfully longer than the inhale is the active ingredient in nearly every technique.
2. Which of these is NOT something breathing techniques do?
Your blood is already almost fully saturated. No breathing pattern improves on that in a healthy person at normal altitude.
3. You have about fifteen seconds before you need to speak. Which pattern fits?
The physiological sigh produces a noticeable drop within about fifteen seconds and looks like an ordinary sigh.
4. You are about to lift something heavy. What should you do?
Force needs a rigid trunk. A relaxed exhale is the right tool for calming and the wrong one for producing force.
5. Which habit does the course say matters more than practising all four patterns?
Three fifteen-second checks a day changes your resting pattern more than a formal practice you abandon after two weeks.
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