Everyday Motivational Affirmations - Guided Meditation for Deep Breathing and Relaxation

Everyday Motivational Affirmations - Guided Meditation for Deep Breathing and Relaxation

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Episode Transcript

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Deep breathing not only helps to cureanxiety and stress, it also triggers relaxation.
Here's how to breathe deeply. Breathingis fundamental to survival. When we
are stressed or anxious, our breathingchanges. In an attempt to slow the

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body to engage in intense physical activityfor survival. Breathing becomes more rapid,
but unfortunately it also gets shallow.We begin to breathe short, quick,
shallow breaths. Ever, feel likeyou can catch your breath. It isn't

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that you are not able to catchyour breath, it's that you are not
exhaling. Short gasps of air inwardare followed by very small exhalations. The
feeling of not catching one's breath leadsto even more inhalations, but still no

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complete exhale. The lungs are sofull of old, stale air, new
good air cannot enter. We sensethe need for oxygen, and, in
panic, attempt to inhale even more. The solution to this problem is clear

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exhale. Proper breathing is an excellentway to manage stress because it stops this
negative cycle and calms the body.Deep breathing not only helps to cure anxiety
and stress. It also triggers relaxation. Breathing too fast and deep causes light

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headedness and numbness or tingling of theextremities. Here is a way to slow
down your breathing while keeping it deepand exhaling fully. Inhale slowly to the
count of four. Count slowly tothe pace of one, one thousand,

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two one thousand, pause to thecount of three, exhale slowly to the
count of five. The breathing processgoes like this inhale two three four,
pause two three, exhale two threefour five. Inhale two three four,

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pause two three, exhale two threefour five, repeat for a minute or
two. H h uh oh kayuh