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Why breathing techniques abandon us in crisis moments

I know exactly how to breathe to calm my nervous system but when my teenager starts yelling I hold my breath and clench my jaw and forget everything I have learned.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Stress responses override conscious practices when they haven't been sufficiently embodied through repetition in activated states.

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