How you breathe can have a significant impact on your level of relaxation. It’s worth learning breathing techniques that can help you relax, as tightness in the neck and shoulders can lead to tension. Relaxation can be achieved by simply focusing on your breath.
What To Do?
To begin, if you find yourself dwelling on negative thoughts, shift your attention to your breathing. Unfortunately, thoughts can often lead to anxiety and unhappiness. The following exercise will teach you how to regulate your breath. It’s easy, takes very little time, and can be done anywhere.
This exercise is best done with your back straight, but you can also do it in any other position. Place the tip end of your tongue against the tissue ridge just behind your upper front teeth. Keep it there throughout the exercise.
Do This!
You’ll be inhaling through your mouth and around your tongue during the exercise. The entire cycle (from 1 to 4 above) takes one breath. For a total of four breaths, inhale once more and repeat the cycle three times more.
Remember to inhale through your nose quietly and exhale through your mouth loudly. During each of the four breaths, the tip of your tongue should remain in place (against any tissue just below your upper front teeth). The time spent on each phase is not critical. However, the ratio of all three phases is important.
Conclusion
This exercise is a tranquilizer for the nervous system. It is more effective the more you do it. You can do this as many times as you want, but the more you do it, the more powerful it will become. You’ll feel a sense detachment or lightness after practicing this exercise. This technique will help you to defuse stress once you become a regular user. It can be used whenever something is upsetting or when you feel tension in your inner self.
