By focusing on breathing deeply this can calm and relax you and remove carbon dioxide from your lungs and toxins from your body.
This is a fun way for your child to explore their sense of smell, as well
as focusing on breathing, and the relaxation that goes with pleasant scents.
When I notice this breathing pattern, I know it's time to take a few minutes to
focus on breathing in fully to come back to balance.
This can look like a short walk during your day or even sitting at your desk, closing your eyes and
focusing on breathing from your belly for 5 minutes.
You want to find a stretch that feels only a little bit uncomfortable while
also focusing on your breathing — taking long, deep breaths and staying in the stretch as long as you can.
Thai Chi A part of our Wellness program, the ancient art of Thai
Chi focuses on breathing, movement, awareness, and meditation exercises.
Whether it be in the morning before you start your day or right before you head to bed, take a couple of moments to
focus on breathing freely, allowing your mind to rest and to become open.
«For the next 45 minutes, people do what's called a body
scan focusing on their breathing and how their body feels in the present moment from the bottom of the foot up the leg, through the trunk, and up to the head,» says Kabat - Zinn.
Anytime you feel yourself getting stressed, or needing to unwind,
focus on breathing gently, deeply and consciously from the bottom of your lungs.
When beginners try to
only focus on their breathe, I've found through my workshops that it's difficult for many to ground themselves to their breathe at first.
So in Downward dog, for example, we would avoid pulling the chest toward the thighs and
instead focus on breathing into the upper back AS IF you were trying to inflate your thoracic curve and make it more pronounced.