Videos
Click on the links below to open YouTube videos.
1. Introduction to Breathing
Benefits:
• useful explanations about the benefits of breathing awareness
• information about the breathing in anxiety, panic and low mood/depression
2. Square Breathing
Benefits:
• regulating the breath
• gaining control over inspiration and expiration
• developing a rhythm to focus breathing on
• experiencing a self confidence in regulation of breath
• becoming very mindful of aspects of breathing eg; in, hold, out, hold
3. Straw Breathing
Benefits:
• calming oneself down
• good to use when feeling pulled out of centre by emotions or busyness
• incorporates a feeling of grounding
5. Thoracic Breath
Benefits:
• full expansion of lung capacity
• exercise for muscles of respiration
• building self confidence in body awareness
4. Diaphragmatic Breathing
Benefits:
• massage the abdominal organs, good for digestive system
• excellent to regulate the breathing in preparation for relaxation
• calming, grounding breath good for anxiety symptoms
6. Mindful Stretch and Breathe
Benefits:
• heighten awareness of centering and grounding energy released in stretching
• mindful sequence of breath and simple stretch awareness