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Breathe Like a Champion

Breathing is the fastest path to calm. We practice three breathing exercises: 1. **Focus Breath (Box Breathing)** – inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 4, exhale for 4, hold for 4. Use during your round to regain focus. 2. **Recovery Breath (Long Exhale)** – a three-part inhale followed by a slow, controlled exhale lasting 6–8 seconds after a bad shot. 3. **Reset Breath (Physiological Sigh)** – two short inhales through the nose and one long sigh through the mouth to release tension.

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Breathing is the fastest path to calm. We practice three breathing exercises:

  1. Focus Breath (Box Breathing) – inhale for 4 seconds, hold for 4, exhale for 4, hold for 4. Use during your round to regain focus.
  2. Recovery Breath (Long Exhale) – a three-part inhale followed by a slow, controlled exhale lasting 6–8 seconds after a bad shot.
  3. Reset Breath (Physiological Sigh) – two short inhales through the nose and one long sigh through the mouth to release tension.

These breathing tools can be linked to the 90-Second Reset: choose the right exercise depending on the situation (focus/action/grounding).

CTA: “Let your breath be the coach. Choose your exercise based on how you feel: focus, recovery, or grounding.”