3 Breathing Techniques That Actually Work
Have you tried using your breath to decrease your anxiety before?
It’s surprisingly effective, if you do it right.
This week I had the opportunity to write a guest blog post for MyWellbeing. I shared a bit about why breathing helps to regulate your nervous system (science is cool!).
I also gave an overview of my three favorite breathing techniques – box breathing, five finger breathing, and balloon breathing. It’s so important to experiment with a couple techniques to find your personal favorite. No coping skill is one size fits all. You have to find the one that works for you. Once you decide on your fav, it’s time to practice, practice, practice.
Why? Well when you’re anxious you naturally start to take faster shallow breaths. This actually causes a lot of the physical symptoms of anxiety, like an increased heart rate, sweaty palms, dizziness, or a headache.
Breathing properly to reduce anxiety is very different than how you breathe throughout the day. You want to get comfortable with it before the anxiety hits. That way it’ll help you chill out instead of make you more anxious as you wonder, “am I doing this right?!”.
Are you ready to get ahold of your anxiety? Check out my article here.
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