Tip Tuesday: How to be and breathe
LIFESTYLE DESIGN FOR HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
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HOW TO BE AND BREATHE
"Just relax," is easier said than done
“What makes you
say that?” She asked.
“Sometimes I feel
like I can’t take a deep breath,” I answered.
After a thorough examination, she determined
that my lungs and bronchial tubes were healthy, and I did not have allergies.
My breathing issues were not physical but instead a product of stress and
muscle tension.
She suggested I learn to relax.
At the time, that was easier said than done. But over the next two decades I adopted and refined a yoga and meditation practice, both of which teach mindful breathing to redu. I eventually determined that my breathing problem was not that I couldn’t breathe in but that I wasn’t breathing out.
I was so full of stress and tension, I could
not let go of one breath to get another.
Medicinal
meditation
I practiced for years with one meditation technique after another until I found one (eventually several) that work for
me. I can’t say that I’ve completely
recovered all these years later. Sometimes, I still feel the breath being
squeezed out of me, but now I know what to do:
·
Find a peaceful place to sit with proper posture.
·
Either close my eyes or find a fixed point to focus on.
·
Breathe out slowly 1,2,3,4…
·
In slowly 1,2,3,4…
· Repeat. Slowly.
--Excerpt from The Everyday Vacay Seminar Series
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