Guided Breathing to Calm Anxiety Fast

Take a few minutes to reset your mind and body with this guided breathing practice designed to calm anxiety fast. This unique combination of breathwork and meditation helps regulate your nervous system, reduce stress, and bring you back to a clear, grounded state. Perfect for a quick work break or whenever you need to refocus, recharge, and feel more in control of your day. By the end, you’ll notice a deeper sense of calm, improved focus, and a more relaxed, steady energy you can carry with you.

Transcript

Hey, Thank you so much for joining me for this video. It is great to have you and I'm looking forward to doing many of these with you. My name is Alex and in this video I'd like to show you an exercise that I do quite often when I'm feeling a little imbalanced, When I need this moment of recalibration and realigning of my being. It helps a lot especially when you have a lot going on and you know you're faced with uncomfortable circumstances. It can just bring you this sense of equilibrium for the day and the best thing about it, It doesn't take much. It's only a few minutes, Only a few breaths and it can have instant effects. So yeah, Thanks for joining me and let's get started. So what I like to do is place your right hand on top of your belly. So your right palm is on your belly and your left palm will be on your chest. Now what we're going to do is we're going to breathe 50% into our belly and the remaining 50% will be into our chest and then as soon as we fill up our body with air, We breathe out straight away and then when we exhale, We hold for about five seconds. So into the belly 50%, Into the chest 50%, Exhale and then hold for about five seconds. I'm going to be guiding you all throughout this exercise so let's get started. So hands here, Ensure that your back is upright and you can close your eyes if you'd like but you may as well keep them open because I'll be here to guide you. So let's start with our first breath. Breathe into your belly, Chest and out. Hold. Into your belly, Chest, Exhale and now resume your natural rhythm of breathing. You may now bring your hands together and place them by your chest and see if you can feel any movements coming from your chest as you breathe naturally. And now relax your arms, Place them on your knees or you can place them in whichever position you prefer. Notice your body, Relax your jaw, Relax your shoulders, Relax your torso, Relax your knees, Ensure that your whole body is fully relaxed and one last deep breath in and slow breath out. You got this. Have a great day.

Reviews

I love these breathing exercises. ♥
But I don't quite understand why this half & half breathing is more beneficial than a regular full breath?
Good learning experience, thanks Alex.

Lovely. I'm not usually someone who enjoys a lot of breath work, but that felt very cleansing and refreshing