The Simple Way To Breathe To Reduce Stress

Ever feel stressed out? Ever get anxious, worried, depressed, or upset?  

There’s nothing more crucial than to have control of your breath when you are in a place of uncertainty, fear or even panic. When you routinely engage in a patterned in a breathing. Be it 5 minutes to 11 minutes to 31 minutes a day. Your body will be trained to know how to handle distress when situations arise.

Try this for 5 mins every day before you start your day. Or while driving or commuting or waiting in line in the store. Learn to use your breathing to regulate your nervous system and release it from reacting to every situation that arise.

Try this technique from the © The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan:

Posture: Sit in any comfortable meditative posture with a straight spine, chin in, chest lifted.

Eyes: Close your eyes.

Breath: Concentrate on your breath. Inhale through the nose in eight equal strokes. Exhale through the nose in one deep and powerful stroke.

Time: Continue for 11 minutes.

To Finish: Inhale deeply, hold the breath 5-10 seconds, and exhale. Inhale deeply, hold the breath 15-20 seconds and roll your shoulders. Exhale powerfully. Inhale deeply, hold the breath 15-20 seconds, and this time roll your shoulders as fast as you can. Exhale and relax.

So when your coworkers are being difficult, breathe in for the count of 8 strokes and breathe out in 1. If you kids are fighting in the back of the car nonstop. Breathe in 8 breathe out 1. If you are feeling that nothing is working out in your favor that day. Breathe in 8 breathe out 1. Breath is one tool that won’t go away no matter what. Our lives truly depend on our breath. Train it. Befriend it.