Anxiety Relief in 5 Minutes | 4-7-8 Breathing Exercise

Are you struggling with anxiety? If so, you are not alone. We live in a very fast-paced, high-tech, and ever-changing society that values productivity and 80-hour workweeks—at the expense of our health and wellbeing. To live healthy, fulfilling lives, we need to find ways to reduce our anxiety, so that our bodies and brains can function optimally.

Follow along with me as we practice an effective breathing exercise to melt away anxiety. It’s a quick technique that you can use anytime, anywhere, to calm your nerves, soothe your mind, and relax your body. A few slow, deep breaths go a long way!

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[nickperry]

Thank you so much! My anxiety has been quite high recently and this definitely helps to ground myself and bring me back to the present moment when I’m feeling anxious.

[rad]

Graat timing as my stress and anxiety levels seem to be through the roof at the moment.

On an unrelated note - I read Glass Half Broken this week and it absolutely blew me away!

[brittneylockwood]

This helped me so much. Lately my brain has been getting buzzy and my jaw has been locking. Starting to feel like I’m going crazy. This helped. Finally some relief!

[NeilNicholls-Knight]

Thanks, Rachel! It's quite an Aladdin's Cave of resources you've provided over the years, enhanced by the sincere kindness with which you present your videos. You're the first channel I suggest to anyone who is experiencing emotional or physical tension.

[bonniebloodworth]

Thank you so much Rachel. I was having a dreadful attack tonight, I usually use your take 5 breathing technique, along with the video, as I find it even more calming. This 4-7-8 breathing was brilliant, and really worked - my go to channel for relief,

[billycunningham]

Thank you so much from a grateful Scotsman. I am finding your videos very helpful and look forward to continuing using your anxiety reducing techniques going forward!

[katelankester]

Thank you ! My anxiety is coming from nowhere lately- your voice really helps too! I will be using this each time I feel anxiety coming on

[matthewhutchinson]

Thank you so much for making this video. It’s very helpful. Sometimes just listening to your voice makes my anxiety better

[elfrank]

you have channels like this one that really helps with anxiety that they dont even have 100k subscriber and then youtube recomendens my a guru with 5M subscribers that dosent have a clue of what the anxiety disorder is thank god i found your channel

[gilmoregirlsfan]

Rachel thank you so much. i was studying, felt overwhelmed and felt the need to scream and i felt so anxious. i took this few minutes and i instantly felt better. thank you so much, I can continue with my studies now. liked, and subscribed <3

[nileyfan]

Thank you x changed my nervous system so well x

[shawnpowell]

Thank you very much. These breathing exercises are so important during intense anxiety.

[RickyCespedes]

It takes time for blood pressure to go down when you get anxiety or panic. But the first thing that happens before the blood pressure goes down is emotional and mental clarity. Thats what breathing exercises do. Then in few minutes the blood pressure goes down with it. The mind gets balanced first then the blood pressure follows. It may take 20 or 40 minutes. Or 5 minutes fir the blood pressure to follow sometimes but it will follow and go down. Then mind and body is balanced. But sometimes the breathing exercises help anxiety and blood pressure very quickly fir some. So its different but sometimes it takes time.

[adamglazebrook]

Fantastic, calming and soothing.
Thank you

[gordon.]

This really helped my anxiety. Thank you Rachel.

[Buglefrog]

Your anxiety relief videos really do help me. Thank you so much.

[johnmartinez]

Theres also a rapid exhalation version of this technique that puts you in the hypnotic state. Just press the sides of your tongue between the back rows of your teeth and exhale as hard as you can. I have not found a technique for a longer stronger exhale than this one.

[Imran-Lalani]

I suffer from OCD and Anxiety and on medication. I don’t think this helps.