• Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Paddy Spruce | Confident Public Speaking

Confident Public Speaking

  • Home
  • About Paddy
  • Blog
  • Contact

Breathe in 2021

January 12, 2021 by Paddy Spruce

Tweet

One of our body functions that we can control, to some extent, is breathing. We can calm down or agitate ourselves with our breathing. If you feel anxious about speaking to a large group, you can calm yourself down by slowing down your breathing. Your body will speed up your breathing when necessary. I suspect that we breath more deeply and more quickly than we need to. When at rest we can slow down considerably.

Try this exercise.

Breath in slowly to the count of 4

Hold the breath to the count of 4

Breathe out slowly to the count of 4

Wait to the count of 4 before starting the cycle again.

If you feel that you need to breath more deeply or quickly to catch, you probably don’t.

This process will calm you down before going to sleep or before an activity or situation that is likely to cause stress.

Try it even for a few minutes each day or just before going to sleep.

Filed Under: Blog

Footer

Latest Blog Posts

Breathe in 2021

One of our body functions that we can control, to some extent, is breathing. We can calm down or agitate ourselves with our breathing. If you feel anxious about speaking to a large group, you can calm yourself down by slowing down your breathing. Your body will speed up your breathing when necessary. I suspect […]

Happy New Christmas

Aren’t we fortunate to live here during these trying times. Not to be smug but we are so fortunate to be able to enjoy a near normal Christmas while others are heading into harder times. Thank you for being a regular reader. I hope my information is helpful. I am not a fan of New […]

Subscribe to my blog and newsletter

Subscribe to my mailing list

* indicates required

How to contact Paddy

Ph: +61 (0)418 996 970

Paddy is located in Melbourne, Australia and welcomes requests from beyond.

  • LinkedIn

Copyright © 2021 Paddy Spruce