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Today is the day you need to begin to REALLY learn to manage your stress! There is NO TIME to wait. If you want the rest of your life to become more peaceful and less stressful – begin now!
Breathe in through your nose slowly, expanding from your lower abdominals upward, hold for a few seconds. Now exhale through your mouth slowly and empty out the carbon dioxide from the lower abs (deflating like a balloon) upward.
Read the above paragraph and do it again. Again.
You are physically giving your mind and body more oxygen that normal breathing. Actually when you are “stressing” about things your breathing becomes shallow.
With the additional oxygen your brain will be able to think optimally (it needs fifty percent more oxygen that the rest of your body). Your muscles and tendons and ligaments will begin to relax instead of tightening up and ultimately causing pain. This is the way your wonderful body works.
Repetition is the mother of all learning, so do it again.
Breathe in through your nose slowly, expanding from your lower abdominals upward, hold for a few seconds. Now exhale through your mouth slowly and empty out the carbon dioxide from the lower abs (deflating like a balloon) upward.
Each time you take “seconds” to do this, you are REALLY beginning to manage your stress. This point cannot be diminished in importance. Perhaps by mentioning that humans die without oxygen after just a few minutes, you can keep in mind the importance of mindful breathing.
You know why it is important to begin now! With statistics of unemployment facing two million families, all the economic woes, the oil spill, earthquakes, war on several fronts and the treat of new wars, the illegal alien fiasco, more foreclosures, and all the tragic events that are taking place, along with “normal” stresses (family, deaths, weddings, childbirth, etc. etc. etc.) you plenty of reasons to stop putting off learning to manage your stress. Don’t say you don’t have time.
Do you have time to have a nervous breakdown? How about hospital time for the physical ailments that WILL come with out of control stress? Do you want to scream and take your unmanaged stress responses out on your children or your mate? Do you want to find yourself going postal? Violence comes to many who have ignored all the signals they need help.
If you don’t help yourself you aren’t going to be any good for anybody or anything else. Your stress will compound and your physical ailments from it will increase in increments.
Breathe in through your nose slowly, expanding from your lower abdominals upward, hold for a few seconds. Now exhale through your mouth slowly and empty out the carbon dioxide from the lower abs (deflating like a balloon) upward.
The magic begins with your oxygen.
When you have practiced this breathing add another technique to it. As you inhale think: “I am pulling in needed oxygen to help me think and act calmer.” As you exhale think: ” I am sending with my exhalation, all my worries and damaging negative thoughts into oblivion. Try it again.
Breathe in through your nose slowly, expanding from your lower abdominals upward, hold for a few seconds.
“I am regenerating and relaxing my mind and body”
Now exhale through your mouth slowly and empty out the carbon dioxide Breathe in through your nose slowly, expanding from your lower abdominals upward, hold for a few seconds. Now exhale through your mouth slowly and empty out the carbon dioxide.
“I release my negativity to make room for healing oxygen”
Make your affirmations short if it is easier. Inhale and think: “Peace”. Exhale and think: “Release”. The thoughts that will help you most in your own scenario are those to use.
IF IT SOUNDS JUST TOO SIMPLE – IT IS! Because this technique is simple, and can be done anywhere, it is invaluable to get in the habit of using your own oxygen to empower, relax, and regenerate YOU. Be wise and take advantage of this gift.