Three-Part Mood Boosting Breath

This simple breath practice boosts your mood and energy in just a few short minutes! We will practice a simple three-part breath together, all through the nose. All you need is yourself and a quiet place to practice.
I use this breathing technique every morning to wake up my body and mind.
Music: Meadow Waves by Rand Aldo

Transcript

Hello and welcome. Today I will be guiding you through one of my favorite breath practices for the morning. This is a mood-boosting breath that stimulates endorphins, Feel-good hormones in your entire body, And it takes only a few minutes to stimulate them. So this is something I practice usually for a maximum of five minutes in the morning. That's how effective it is. It totally shifts my mood, It wakes me up, Makes me feel so much better. So I'd like to share that with you. It's a very simple three-part breath. So you breathe into your belly, All through the nose. Up into your chest, Through the nose again. Exhale through the nose. All the way down to the bottom. Inhale, Belly. Inhale, Chest. Exhale. Of course, Because I'm talking, My face is a little more tense, But try to relax your face. Keep breathing. Inhale to the belly. Up into the chest. And exhale, You can close the eyes if you like. Inhale, Belly. Inhale, Chest. Exhale all through the nose. And it doesn't have to be on my rhythm. Go at the pace which is comfortable for you. Just keep inhaling into your belly. Up into your chest. Exhale through your nose. Beautiful, Keep this going. Keep it going on your own time. Excuse me, Deep breaths into your belly. Deep breaths up into the chest, Top of the breath. Exhale through the nose. Find a nice pace, A rhythm that works for you. I'm going to take a few more rounds like that. Just keeping it going. Nice job. And then on your next inhale. You're gonna prepare and you're gonna inhale into your nose all the way up and hold. Fill up into your lungs, Hold the breath. Relax any tension you can in your face, Your shoulders, Your neck. Chest, Just hold the breath. You're gonna hold that breath as long as you can. And then when you're ready, You're going to slowly with control, Exhale from your nose. All the way down to the bottom of the breath. Nice job. Just take a nice deep breath in through the nose. And a deep breath out through the nose. One more like that, Deep breath in. And a deep breath out. Nice. And then you're going to come back to that three-part breath. So into the belly. Up into the chest. Exhale through the nose. We're gonna go for less time now, Shorter round. Keep going with the belly. The chest. And the exhale, That nice three-part rhythm. Think of it as a cycle of breath rising and falling in the body. All right, You're gonna be here for just a few more rounds this time. Feel the body, You can always move if that feels good. Sometimes it feels nice to kind of move the body with the breath on the inhale. And then again, When you're ready, You're gonna inhale through the nose as much as you can, Filling up all the way. And you're going to hold. And again, You're going to hold for as long as you can. Just keep holding. Keep holding without strain. Once it starts to feel like a strain, You're gonna exhale through the nose. All the way out. And then again, Deep breath in. Deep breath out. Deep breath in. And deep breath out. This time, Deep breath in through the nose. And then exhale out the mouth, Maybe sigh it out. And now take a moment to breathe naturally, Sit quietly, Feel the breath in the body. Notice any shifts in your energy, In your mental state, In your mood. Relax the face. And simple as that. You can do that for as long or as short a period as you like. You don't have to incorporate the breath holds. If you don't want, I just enjoy them. I think they bring some more buzzy energy into the body. Thank you so much for practicing with me and I hope that this makes your day better. See you soon.