Sleeping well and avoiding negativity can help reduce stress during the busy holiday season.
Another important way to keep your stress levels in check is making sure you're taking care of your body and getting enough sleep each night. If you're having a hard time staying asleep, Breus recommends giving the 4-7-8 breathing method a try.
The method might sound complicated, but the technique, developed by Dr. Andrew Weil, is surprisingly simple: Breathe in for a count of four, hold your breath for a count of seven, and then breathe out for eight counts.06:40 "You get a nice deep breath in, and it turns out that carbon dioxide weighs more than oxygen, so when you breathe out, you push that excess carbon dioxide out," Breus explained."When you slowly exhale, exhale, exhale for eight seconds, you dump all that carbon dioxide out, you get the fresh oxygen in, which lowers your heart rate so it doesn't have to work as hard."
Since having a heart rate below 60 beats per minute helps you enter a state of unconsciousness, anything you can do to lower that rate will help you sleep.
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