Notice the impatience (DW#683)
When you are stuck in traffic (or in the s.l.o.w.e.s.t line at the grocery store), how do you react? If all you can think of is how much of your time is being wasted and why cannot everyone just hurry up and get out of your way, then you need to know something.
Impatience like this speeds up your pulse, your blood pressure rises and your breath becomes shallow. Short, shallow jerky breaths in turn compound your frustration because your body is not getting enough oxygen.
And because it takes time to calm down from such impatience, the quality of your life during this time is greatly impacted. Impatience has caused you to lose a great deal in terms of health, wellbeing and lifespan. In other words, by being frustrated about the loss of your time you have ended up losing more time in a way.
Yikes.
Learning to breathe intentionally in situations like this can provide a valuable alternate to the biological alarm and fight/flight response.
As soon as you notice your impatience, take it as a cue to shift your breathing into your belly and to slow it down.
It is a powerful way to swap tension for relaxation.
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