The breath you take right now is the bridge between the chaos of yesterday and the peace of this moment.

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Welcome to seven good minutes. I'm Clyde Lee Dennis. Thanks for joining me for what I believe will be seven of the most enriching minutes of your day. In today's episode of Seven Good Minutes, we talk about simple breathing techniques that instantly restore your inner peace. Enjoy. There's something profound that happens when we remember to breathe. Not the shallow, hurried breathing we do when we're rushing through our days, but the kind

of breathing that connects us back to ourselves, back to this moment, back to the calm that's

always available within us.

By the end of this episode, you'll have three simple breathing techniques that you can use

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