Dr. Michael Breus

So I tried it.

Here's what I discovered.

Number one, you need 22 zero cycles of four, seven, eight breathing to lower your heart rate.

I lost track, right?

Because I get to like six or seven and then I can't remember.

So here's what everybody should do.

Take your hands and make two light fists and put them down by your side.

And when you do one full four, seven, eight, stick out a finger.

Then another full four, seven, eight, stick out a finger.

Before you know it, you're going to get to 10 and then wrap it back and boom, you're at 20.

Here's the good news.

Most people never make it to 20.

Most people, they're concentrating on the breathing, right?

And they're using their fingers to tell them where they are.

Here's the other important, important thing.

picture the number in your mind's eye.

So when your eyes close, picture the number four, then the number three, then the number two, then the number one.

Then you picture a seven going down.

Then you picture an eight coming back.

But if you see the number, you cannot count and worry at the same time.