Feeling stressed? Find your breath.
You are equipped with an incredible tool that can help you respond to stressors and stress itself. This tool is breath awareness. Getting to know your breath can bring you back into a caring and nurturing relationship to yourself. Getting to know your breath can provide a means for co-regulating, building presence and connection with others. A pause to notice and deepen your breath before you respond in a situation can help shift you out of an unconscious reaction and connect you with your decision making capacity.
To explore this phenomenon on your own, please enjoy this breath awareness practice.