How to quickly calm down on a plane without using sedatives or alcohol, experienced tourist Andrew Herr, who has made more than 400 flights in his life, told Fox News. His proven technique is to breathe correctly.
Flying can be very stressful, with everything from queues to turbulence making passengers anxious. However, the seasoned air passenger revealed some of his methods for keeping his cool while flying. The businessman runs a health and productivity consulting company based in Los Angeles (USA) and often has to fly for work.
Although he’s not the biggest fan of air travel, he has adopted a few tips to make traveling on airliners more comfortable. One of them is to use the boxing breathing technique. According to the tourist, you need to slowly inhale through your nose for four seconds, hold your breath for four seconds, slowly exhale through your mouth and hold your breath again for four seconds. This is a well-known technique used by military personnel in difficult situations to quickly calm down.
“It can help normalize your central nervous system and reduce stress,” he explained to the publication, adding that if four seconds seems like a short amount of time, it can be increased to 6-8 seconds per step.
In addition, he also recommended stretching before starting the trip. “Exercises improve blood circulation, joint mobility and the production of endorphins, so you will feel better – in body and mind,” the expert said.
Breathing is really what helps you prepare for flight. Many experts talk about this. So, transformational wellness coach Aisha Bell has developed a selection of calming techniques that allow her to travel calmly and with less fear, including regulated breathing.
“Unfortunately, our natural response to stress is to hold our breath and take shallow breaths, but if you can work on taking long, slow, deep breaths into your belly, you’ll find an almost instant sense of calm. The goal is to breathe into the lower part of the lungs, which will fill the diaphragm,” she explained.
According to Travel and Leisure, the so-called lengthening of the breath is one of the simplest, but most effective breathing techniques that will help tourists calm down quickly if they are overcome with panic. What is needed for this? Experts recommend sitting up straight and taking a deep breath in through your nose before exhaling again through your nose. When exhaling, you should try to stay 2-3 seconds longer than when inhaling. Repeat for 60 seconds. A simple technique should make the tourist calmer.