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Breathing correctly helps me to relax and center

When something happens I stop for a moment and do some basic breathing exercises. The great thing about it is that you can do it everywhere anytime. No one needs to know that you are doing it – you can do it even on a bus a train trip with loads of people around you.

Breathing correctly slows me down

I know that when we are afraid, angry, hurt my thought really start whirling in my head faster and faster. Did you experience that? If I do not stop this mad whirling and swirling I will end up with a massive headache.

If I start to concentrate of my breathing for just a minute or two – things start to slow down a bit. It gets me to think and feel the rest of my body (e.g. chest and stomach) and stops the mad rush of thoughts just a bit.

Breathing helps us to connect to our feeling

Slow conscious breathing – see the steps below help us to slow down and connect to our feeling.

So… After I relaxed a bit (with breathing exercise) I try to discover what I feel, meaning – what caused the whirling and swirling of thoughts:

• Am I afraid?
• Did someone or something hurt my feelings?
• Did something happen that made me feel inadequate?

Once I get the answer (even if I t partial) I can think about more calmly and try to understand what is the real reason for the anxiety. Understating is major part in healing yourself.

Back pains

Just last week I suffered from a strong nagging pain in my lower back. It hurt so much that it actually stopped me from sleeping probably. I finally started to do my breathing exercise and to figure out – what going on. Well I am truly feeling much better now and I understand what the cause to my anxiety was.

Breathing exercise

• Be aware to your breathing (write down below answers):
• Is it fast or slow?
• Do you breathe to your chest or your stomach?
• Is it deep or shallow?

• Start breathing slowly. In through your nose and out through your mouth.

• Inhale – count slowly while you inhale 1, 2, 3, 4 and again 1, 2, 3, 4. First count only while you inhale.

• Exhale – Now count only while you exhale 1, 2, 3, 4 and again 1, 2, 3, 4. Now count only while you inhale.

• Now do a count of 1- to -8 with inhaling and exhaling.

• Move your body -this is the most important part! Move to the rhythm of your breathing. For example:
• Stand with your knees slightly bent and move your heaps from side to side or in circles.
• Move your head gently from side or in slow circles
• Bring your shoulders up when you inhale and down when you exhale

• Now take the slowest and deepest breath that you ever took and start again.