Mindfulness For Emotional Regulation: Pause & Respond

When emotions rise quickly, the body can react before the mind has had a chance to catch up. This 2-minute talk covers research-informed practice while exploring what happens between impulse and response - and how one conscious breath can create a tiny pause for clarity. Learn how to use a simple grounding technique, a variation of the box breathing technique, to step out of overthinking, interrupt automatic reactions, and move towards a more mindful response. No sitting still required. Just pause, breathe, notice, and choose what happens next. Video 2 from the series Mindfulness for People Who Cannot Sit Still.