Relax, calm down and clear your mind with the help of breathing exercises!
Breathing consciously helps to relax in everyday life. Many breathing exercises come from yoga. Meditators also often begin their practice by focusing on breathing. So calm inside. It is warm, it flows and comes out, and it is always there as long as we live: our breath. Breathing consciously is an involuntary process. Breathing consciously is controlled by our autonomic nervous system. However, we can influence this. Our muscle tension affects our breathing - and vice versa.
BREATHING CONSCIOUSLY
We often breathe quickly and superficially under tension. On the other hand, if we breathe calmly and relaxed, our muscles can relax better. Many relaxation and meditation techniques of breathing consciously use this connection. They pay attention to breathing consciously. Unintentionally and without doing anything special, the breath is observed to flow and come out.
A LITTLE RELAXATION BETWEEN BREATHING CONSCIOUSLY
With the help of breathing exercises you can relax a bit in stressful situations. They soothe, relax and help focus on the essentials.
LEARN TO BREATHING CONSCIOUSLY
You can learn simple breathing consciously techniques to relax, such as yoga or qigong. With qualified breathing instructors, breathing consciously can also be used therapeutically, for example, for asthma, chronic pain, or other illnesses.
EXERCISE TO TRY
In every breathing consciously exercise it is important not to force the breath, but to breathe when the breath comes and goes by itself. Before breathing consciously exercise, ventilate the room, relax restrictive clothing and sit or lie down comfortably and relaxed. Then pay attention to your breathing.
BREATHING CONSCIOUSLY WITH REPETITION OF WORDS
Inhale through the nose and then exhale slowly and with concentration, also through the nose. On the exhale, slowly say a two-syllable word in your mind, such as "rest." Repeat as many times as you want. This breathing consciously exercise calms your breath and relaxes.
Breath yoga, as we have seen, is used for various purposes: to relax, to connect the body and mind, to realize the body and the breath, to teach the connection with the mind, and to escape, and so on.
On the other hand, anxiety consists of an altered psychophysiological state that causes various symptoms. Such symptoms may include dizziness, tension, body discomfort, upset stomach, migraine and headache, nausea, vomiting, excessive agitation, nervousness, and so on. In addition, anxiety also includes cognitive symptoms (negative thoughts, loss of concentration, memory difficulties, irritability, insanity, etc.) and behavioral symptoms (impulsivity, agitation, hyperactivity, avoidance behavior, etc.). That is, breath yoga is a state that combines elements of the body (physical) and mind (cognitive).
This is why breath yoga can help alleviate this type of discomfort, as breath yoga works with the body and mind to achieve balance and a sense of calm. And the very feeling of peace is what a person seeks when he feels anxious.