Short And Simple Box Breathing Practice

This short and simple guided box breathing practice is designed to help you relax, re-center, and relieve feelings of anxiety, stress, fear, and overwhelm. After a brief introduction and grounding breath, you’ll ease into a steady rhythm that naturally calms and regulates your nervous system. This practice is a powerful tool you can return to any time you need to ground yourself, find clarity, or recover from stress.

Transcript

Hello and welcome to this short and sweet guided breathwork experience of box breathing designed to help you relax and recenter in moments of anxiety, Stress, And overwhelm. If you haven't done box breathing before, It's a very simple practice where we'll be breathing in for five seconds, Holding for five seconds, Letting go for five seconds, Holding at the bottom for five seconds, And repeating. You're in good hands and you can simply follow along with my instructions. Find a comfortable position. I invite you to close your eyes and let's begin by taking a deep breath in through the nose, Filling all the way up, Belly, Chest, And head, And holding briefly at the top here. And let it go. All the air comes out and any tension and anxiety leaving with the breath. Now begin taking a breath in for five, Four, Three, Two, One, And hold here at the top for three, Four, Five, And letting go two, Three, Four, Five, And hold two, Three, Four, Five, Breathing in now two, Three, Four, Five, And holding two, Three, Four, Five, Letting go two, Three, Four, Five, And hold two, Three, Four, Five, Breathing in two, Three, Four, Five, And hold two, Three, Four, Five, Letting go two, Three, Four, Five, And hold two, Three, Four, Five, Breathing in two, Three, Four, Five, And hold two, Three, Four, Five, Letting go two, Three, Four, Five, And hold two, Three, Four, Five, Breathing in two, Three, Four, Five, And hold two, Three, Five, Letting go two, Three, Five, And hold two, Three, Four, Five, Breathing in two, Three, Four, Five, And hold two, Three, Four, Five, Letting go two, Four, Five, And hold all the way in, Filling up to the very top and letting any tension that might be left fall out of the body feeling yourself relaxed and more easeful now just allowing the breath to return to its natural rhythm allowing the breath to breathe just as it wills for a few moments here noticing how your body feels and any shifts that might have occurred over the course of this practice i encourage you to take a couple of moments and just enjoy the results of relaxing and nurturing your nervous system in this way thank you for practicing with me and i'll see you in the next one namaste