{"id":1132,"date":"2025-04-15T13:25:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T13:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/?p=1132"},"modified":"2025-05-06T23:07:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T23:07:47","slug":"a-moment-of-calm-4-7-8-breathing-technique","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/a-moment-of-calm-4-7-8-breathing-technique\/","title":{"rendered":"A moment of Calm: 4-7-8 Breathing Technique"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n  <div id=\"buzzsprout-player-16793126\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2305946\/episodes\/16793126-health-wellness-mindfulness-meditation.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-16793126&#038;player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 4-7-8 breathing technique is a simple relaxation exercise designed to calm the mind and body. Here&#8217;s how it works:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Inhale<\/strong>: Breathe in quietly through your nose for a count of 4.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hold<\/strong>: Hold your breath for a count of 7.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exhale<\/strong>: Exhale completely and audibly through your mouth for a count of 8.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Repeat the cycle 3\u20134 times. This technique helps reduce stress, improve sleep, and promote relaxation by slowing your heart rate and focusing your attention on controlled breathing.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":994,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"issue":[30],"topic":[27],"class_list":["post-1132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listen-in","issue-medicine-mindfulness-modern-innovation","topic-podcast"],"acf":{"sub_title":"A Guided Mindfulness Practice to Reduce Stress and Reset Your Mind","article_author":"Crystal Rivera, CPT, HWC","featured_video":{"video_iframe":false,"video":"","video_url":""}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1132"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1199,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1132\/revisions\/1199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazines.westernu.edu\/future-of-medicine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}