Crossed Cycles Breathing Technique

✓ Regulate stress responses ✓ Restore well-being to mind and body ✓ Develop self-control in every situation

Last updated 4/2018

English

What you'll learn

4 sections • 13 lectures • 43m total length

Why and How breathing techniques can be effective at multiple levels2:59
Explore why breathing techniques work across contexts and how the Crossed Cycles Breathing method integrates basic technique with practical variants, supporting self-regulation and emotional control.

Overview + Security indications1:03
Explore the crossed cycles breathing technique, detailing two alternating cycles—breathing and head movements—alongside safety indications, contraindications, and step-by-step guidance for safe, progressive well-being, and consult a doctor if in doubt.
Practical and detailed instructions4:48
Practice the crossed cycles breathing technique in a seated posture, moving through two cycles with slow head tilts, controlled inhales and exhales, and a two-second hold within a reconsolidation window.
Maximizing the effectiveness0:48
A complete demonstration (basic technique)2:16
Watch a complete demonstration of the basic technique for the crossed cycles breathing technique, shown as a silent video.

Introduction0:41
Insight 1 – Synchronisation among cycles4:58
Synchronize head movements with breath to explore movement control, self-regulation, and agency, while experimenting with breathing depth, speed, and predictions to refine real-time coordination.
A complete demonstration (Insight 1)1:57
Explore a complete demonstration of the crossed cycles breathing technique in a voice-free video for insight 1.
Insight 2 – Multiple-level Awareness and Mastery6:27
Develop greater body awareness and mastery by guiding movement with a physiological breath and learning which muscles to use or release, supporting self-regulation of thoughts and emotions for well-being.
Insight 3 – Behavioral Hierarchies4:05
Insight 4 - Inside world - Outside world3:34
Insight 5 – Adaptation and Development in Relationships5:50
Explore how breath regulation ties to relational dynamics, outlining three variants where a facilitator uses touch to slow, guide, or synchronize movement for awareness and physiological harmony.

A practical and flexible tool, which can be used in different contexts, by itself or in support of other interventions.

Discover:

1 basic TECHNIQUE - explained step by step in every detail

5 WAYS to apply it with sub-variants (for a total of 12 sub-variants)

8 scientific and theoretical CORNERSTONES, around which it was designed and tested