Clinical Resource: Box Breathing

Box breathing. When I need to calm down mindfulness skills like box breathing help. I imagine a box and use it to pay attention to my breathing as I draw lines around the box with my breath. I breathe in for 5 seconds, hold for 5 seconds, breathe out for five, and hold for five. Don’t worry if your mind wanders while you are breathing; if that happens just come back to focusing on your breath and the Box. Let’s try it breathe in hold, breathe Out, hold, breathe. The box; one more time notice how your stomach expands hands and deflates on your own you can breathe the box as many times as you need to.