{"id":29,"date":"2026-10-22T08:36:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/a-five-minute-breathing-practice-for-busy-mornings\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T08:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T08:36:36","slug":"a-five-minute-breathing-practice-for-busy-mornings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/a-five-minute-breathing-practice-for-busy-mornings\/","title":{"rendered":"A five-minute breathing practice for busy mornings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some mornings there is no time for a full practice. On those days, this short breathing sequence is my go-to. You can do it sitting on the edge of your bed with a cup of tea cooling beside you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sit tall and let your shoulders soften. Close your eyes or lower your gaze.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breathe in through the nose for a count of four.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Breathe out slowly for a count of six. Repeat ten times.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finish with three natural breaths and notice how you feel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longer exhales signal to the nervous system that it is safe to slow down. Try it for a week and see what changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No mat required: a simple sequence to steady your mind before the day gets loud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-practice-notes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agilethemes.com\/demo-stillpoint-solo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}