In the space between inhale and exhale, human beings have long sought refuge from the storms of the mind. Box breathing — a four-count rhythmic technique born from yoga traditions and refined by military discipline — is now finding its way into living rooms, therapy offices, and sleepless nights around the world, carried by a growing body of evidence that deliberate breath can quiet the body's alarm systems. What Navy SEALs once used before entering danger, ordinary people are now using before difficult conversations, anxious mornings, and the particular grief of worrying about those they cann