Free Breathing Exercises To Calm You Quickly

Here are a couple of free breathing exercises guaranteed to get results, especially when you’re feeling a little stressed or anxious about something, or you’re finding it difficult to get the creativity flowing.

When you’re feeling anxious or are under any kind of stress, whether at work, home or in your relationships, the first place it is going to show up is in your breathing.

And shallow breathing or shortness of breath can cause a lot of anxiety for some people.

These two breathing and relaxation techniques will help to relax you in this type of situation and, of course, in the first exercise we’ll use EFT techniques.

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Before we start, take a couple of deep breaths; inhale through your nose and exhale through your mouth.

Now take another deep breath, only this time rate how full your breath is on the 0-10 scale, where 10 is a completely full breath.

Write down your number.

Now tapping continuously on the karate chop point, repeat the following:

“Even though I’m having trouble breathing, I accept myself anyway. Even though I have this shortness of breath and it’s making me anxious, I accept how I feel. Even though I have this constriction in my breathing, I can’t take a full breath, and it’s making me feel anxious, I accept myself and how I feel.”

Next tap through all the EFT points (about 5-7 times at each point) -- eyebrow, side of eye, under eye, under the nose, chin, collarbone, liver point, under the arm, wrist point and top of the head -- while you repeat the reminder phrase “breathing anxiety” at each point.

Do 1-2 full rounds and take another deep breath.

How full is your breath now on the 0-10 scale? Keep going until you can take a completely full breath, i.e. you’re at a 10.

If your number goes down, look at what came to mind as you tapped through this process. Then use exactly the same process as above but put what came to mind into a setup statement.

Tap on the karate chop point as you repeat that setup statement three times, and then finish by repeating a reminder phrase at each eft tapping point.

Take a deep breath and reassess how full your breath is now. Also notice whether you’re feeling more relaxed.

The second of the free breathing exercises is alternate nostril breathing.

Free Breathing Exercises: Alternate Nostril Breathing

Make sure you’re sitting in a comfortable position and place your index and second finger of your right hand on your forehead.

Now with your thumb close your right nostril. Inhale slowly through your left nostril.

Close your left nostril with your ring finger while you remove your thumb from your right nostril.

Exhale slowly through your right nostril.

Inhale through your right nostril.

Now close your right nostril with your thumb while you open your left nostril.

Exhale through your left nostril and then inhale through your left nostril

Repeat breathing in and out each nostril for 2 minutes.

These are both very effective breathing and relaxation techniques that will help to calm you quickly and ease your breathing anxiety.

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