A collab with our grassroots footy partners at Centre Circle....‘COMING BACK TO CENTRE’
A FEW WAYS TO BRING YOURSELF BACK TO THE CENTRE WHEN OUR HEADS HAVE A BIT OF A WOBBLE
Getting Back to Your Centre Circle
Five ways to bring yourself back down when things spike — quick, physical resets you can do anywhere, backed by the research.
Fancy reading up on it? Nothing in this campaign is guesswork. Here's what backs each part of it:
The sigh — two sniffs in, one long exhale — beat box breathing, hyperventilation and mindfulness for lifting mood, tested over five minutes a day. → Stanford — cyclic sighing study
Naming what you're feeling measurably turns down activity in the brain's alarm system. → UCLA — Putting Feelings Into Words
Box breathing (4-4-4-4) is used by Navy SEALs under real pressure — it works, just a notch behind the sigh in head-to-head testing. → Cleveland Clinic — Box Breathing
Grounding through your senses shifts your attention out of anxious thoughts and into the room around you. → University of Rochester Medical Center — 5-4-3-2-1 Technique
Cold on the face triggers the mammalian dive reflex, slowing your heart rate on purpose. → Vagus activation by Cold Face Test, Scientific Reports