Wim Hof breathing is the most underrated way to regulate anxiety.

Do you have a breathing practice? What about any pre-competition rituals to help you relax? Drop a comment below 👇

After 60 tournaments as a blue belt over the last 18 months, this became a staple of my pre-competition ritual (in the hotel room of course…)

If you’re not interested in competing, this is also one of the best ways to help regulate stress and anxiety in everyday life. I wish I’d found this sooner.

Search “Wim Hof breathing” on YouTube for the free circuit. It goes something like:

30 hyperventilations, 1 min exhaled breath hold, 15 second inhaled breath hold
30 hyperventilations, 1.5 min exhaled breath hold, 15 second inhaled breath hold
30 hyperventilations, 2 min exhaled breath hold, 15 second inhaled breath hold

During this, you might feel tingling in your limbs, your body temperature may become colder, and your heart rate will go super low during the exhaled breath holds. As the cycles go on, the breath holds become easier, and afterwards, you’ll have a sense of deep relaxation, the same way you might feel after a hard workout.

Lemme know if you try this, and what your experience is!

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