Step Breathing

Laughing is an example of a breathing exercise where I exhale successively in steps. I can control the stepping and add longer pauses between the steps.

To exercise ‘step breathing,’ I make short and consecutive breath-holds while inhaling and exhaling. The exercise is meant to diversify my breathing and dispose of aggression.

I breathe in a pulsating staccato rhythm. It’s as if I’m climbing up and down a case of stairs while taking a short break after every step. I imagine in my head holding points on the inverted ‘Z’ diagram. I make twice the amount of ‘steps’ in my exhale when compared to my inhale. The breath-holds between steps should prevent me from getting into a hyperventilation state.