This free poker article on the Shuffle and Breathe technique, a simple method anyone can use that can significantly improve your poker results (and many other things too)

That’s because the technique is not a game tactic, but rather a mental approach based on the ancient art of Tai Chi and meditation.

The Shuffle Up and Breathe Technique is not designed to teach you the game of poker, its strategies, or its etiquette. It is designed to help you fully realize the poker skills you already have and develop the discipline to use them wisely.

Let’s start with what the technique does:

First off, it’s important to note that having the best poker skills in the world won’t do you much good if you can’t use them when the going gets tough. As with any game, sport, or profession, there is no winning by being an expert in armchair theory! If you let your mind or your emotions take control, you are blocked: you become a purely reactionary player.

The technique then is designed to balance and control thought and emotion. To form a connection of mind, body and breath.

It is a fact that the mind always follows the breath. When you have a busy mind, your breath is plowed. When your thoughts start to slow down, you regain control of your emotions and, more importantly, your game.

This is why you can use the “Shuffle and Breath” technique to:

a) Control your breathing.

b) calm your mind

c) Before, during and after each game, or even at any other time in your life.

The technique will help to live and concentrate in the present moment. Not the past or the future, but right now. It’s about really getting into ‘the zone’.

Use it to reduce stress.

Much of life is stressful, but when you add poker games with perhaps thousands of dollars at stake into the mix, you can end up tired and sick. If you can reduce that stress to a level you can always handle, you’ll feel better and play better.

Also, by using this technique, you will get better at spotting your own and others’ cues, managing emotions, developing discipline, and managing time and money.

All of these skills can be used at the poker table, in the office, or in any meeting. Learning to keep your balance is the key to success in all areas of life, especially in poker. Consistent use of this technique will result in a clearer mind that will make clearer choices and better math operations and moves with greatly reduced errors.

So, finally, how to do this amazing technique?

It is simple. Concentrate on the tip of your nose and follow your breath with your full attention. All the way in and out again. You will even feel the friction of the air going in and out.

It is easy. Your mind will follow the breath and instantly begin to calm down. Use this technique before, during and after each game.

Personally, I use it every time I’m dealt a hand. If you practice this technique every day, you will find a dramatic increase in your skills and in the quality of your tastes.

Good players define Luck as the point where skill meets opportunity. Get ready for it!

Just remember to shuffle and breathe.