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Can you puff up just your right cheek like this Awesome Now, can you try the other side? Puff up just your left cheek like this and take a slow breath in through your nose at the same time? Slower breath out Now can you do it on the other side? Can you puff up just your right cheek like this And with your right cheek puffed up, can you take a slow breath in through your nose? Slower breath out Awesome Next, last one Can you puff up both cheeks at the same time this? And with both cheeks puffed up, can you take a slow breath in through your nose Slower breath out Awesome See, what we did here is stimulated our vagus ner which helps shift us into that rest-digest state, Sympathetic vs Parasympathetic SYMPATHETIC Parasympathetic Heart rate Heart rate Digestion Digestion Pupil dilation Pupil constriction Your nervous system doesn't know the difference between a real threat and a thought pattern. sympathetic (fight/flight/freeze) = scarcity frequency cortisol floods the body, perception narrows, you scan for threat, everything feels finite... and your reality reorganizes to confirm it. parasympathetic (rest/digest/receive) = abundance frequency heart rate drops, perception opens, you start seeing possibility and resource that was always there... and your reality reorganizes to confirm that. you're not just managing stress. you're setting your signal. Randomized Controlled Trial Understanding mind-body disciplines: A pilot study of paced breathing and dynamic muscle contraction on autonomic nervous system reactivity It is the state that he is speaking to is the fight or flight state. Sympathetic is scarcity frequency. It is where your body retains things, right? Where you have that spare tire in your stomach because it's saving it in case it needs resources in the future. The issue is the modern world keeps you stuck in the sympathetic mode. Stuck in patterns of chronic stress, brain about the future. And it's really tough to get out. But the way to do it is to activate the parasympathetic nervous system. He just gave us a great example. It's really simple to do. You probably felt a shift in your body as you did it. You can also activate the parasympathetic nervous system while you sleep. I do it personally through mouth taping. Using a mouth tape with gentle adhesive that keeps your lips together, but it forces you to nasally breathe. And as you're breathing nasally, you stimulate the Vegas nerve, which kicks you into that rest and digest mode. You sleep deeper, you wake up more refreshed in the morning. It is amazing. You will feel the difference. But just know if you want to try it, it's gonna take like a night or two to adjust. Your nasal system is a use it or lose it system. The more you nasally breathe, the more the nasal passages expand, the easier it is to nasally breathe. I love you. Try mouth taping.