The 5-minute anxiety breathing practice
Two simple guided exercises to help reduce stress and anxiety.
Reduce anxiety and stress
This course will start you on the journey to mastering your nervous system. You will learn how breathing exercises can support your health using science-backed exercises to shift out of chronic stress.
The exercises use Oxygen Advantage evidence-based techniques and research by Stanford Medicine. Use for two short sessions a day or any time you feel anxious. No experience needed. No equipment needed. Just you and five to ten minutes, twice a day, for reduced anxiety and a nervous system that starts to build resilience.
Exercises
The course includes two exercises.
- Physiological Sigh To Reduce Stress And Anxiety
- Breath Holding To Reduce Stress And Anxiety
Bonus materials include an explanation of how breathing and anxiety are connected as well as a simple breathing test (the BOLT test).
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1Stress Anxiety and the Breath Explained
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2Guided Exercises - Videos
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3Guided Exercises - audio
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4Guided Exercises - Transcripts
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5BOLT score breathing test