Recently, I’ve been trying a variation of box breathing. It’s a method of controlling your breath rate that lowers your heart rate, reduces stress and anxiety, and helps you control your emotions. Athletes and the military use it all the time. You inhale slowly for four seconds, hold your breath for four seconds, and then breathe out slowly for eight seconds, pursing your lips so you don’t exhale all at once. Give it a try: in for four, hold for four, out for eight. Good stuff.
Now that we’ve taken a deep breath, let’s talk about Andy Reid.