3011: Square Breath to Balance Your Mind and Body by Kate Hesse of Nourish Nest Breathe on Rest and Recovery

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🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3011: Kate Hesse explains how Square Breath, a balanced breathing technique with equal inhales, exhales, and breath retentions, helps restore calm and focus by shifting the body from a stress response to a state of rest. She shares personal insights on how this practice fosters comfort with life’s transitions, offering both a mental reset and deeper resilience in uncertain times. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://nourishnestbreathe.com/square-breath-with-free-guided-breathwork-audio/ Quotes to ponder: "Square Breath offers the opportunity to focus on bringing balance to your body through equal measures of inhalation and exhalation." "Square breath is able to pull you from the Sympathetic Nervous System (fight, flight, or freeze) into the Parasympathetic Nervous System (rest & digest)." "By exploring that space on the mat, I’ve learned that I’m safe, even if the transitions feel scary." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.6	Square Breath to Balance Your Mind and Body by Kate Hess of nourishnestbreath.com.
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1:32.7	Square Breath to Balance Your Mind and Body by Kate Hess of nourish nest breathe.com.
1:40.7	One of my favorite pranayama or breathwork techniques is square breath, a variation on samavitri.
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