The internet seems full of information on how to reduce stress long-term, but what happens when you're in the middle of feeling overwhelmed and ...

What if You need to calm yourself down right now?

So first let's try and Understand our Brain when we're Stressed.

According to Dr. Jen Gunter, a lot of our anxiety can be traced back to a part of our brain called the 'Amygdala.'

Jen says for us to conquer our stress and anxiety, You first need to figure out:

What makes your brain malfunction and gives you that Anxiety and Stress feeling?

So we can understand that basic 'Fight or Flight' feeling is that Stress.

We can understand what is going on in our brains when we are feeling stressed out

But now we're left wondering...

What can we do to fix it?

We tapped Dr. Scott Beyer has two very important tips when it comes to keeping our Amygdala activity in check:

2 things you can do to lower your stress fastest:

1. Slow your Breathing
2. Go for a 60 minute walk in nature.

Combine these and the activity in the Amygdala goes down.

How exactly should you Slow your Breathing? Down?

Try out this Breathing technique called the Physiological Sigh

Here is a video from Andrew Huberman, explaining the purpose of the Physiological Sigh

It will Calm You Down Instantaneously

What does it do exactly to the body to calm you down?

So how do you DO the Physiological Sigh Exactly?

Wondering how to make sure you're doing it correctly? Dr. Haris Mumtaz has provided us with a super helpful demo on how to do the Physiological Sigh.

Follow along and see how you feel after.

How to do the Physiological Sigh:

1. Take 1 Long Breath in through your nose
2. Just when you can't breath in any longer take 1 quick extra breath in
3. Then exhale as slow as possible out of the mouth
4. Repeat up to 10 times

How did that Feel? Share your experience in the Comments.

Are you going to try the Physiological Sigh the next time you're feeling overwhelmed? Definitely a great tool for you to remember.