Breath Awareness - Sigh And Release

Focused on a technique called the “physiological sigh,” this 3 minute meditation helps release stress through a double inhale followed by a deep sigh, promoting rapid relaxation. It’s designed to be used in moments of stress to bring your body back to a calm state within seconds.

Transcript

So taking some time to sit down,

Make yourself comfortable,

Feet on the floor,

Hands on your lap,

Taking a nice gentle deeper breath in and out,

And closing down the eyes,

Allowing the eyes to soften and loosen,

And connecting with the breath,

Noticing how the flow of the breath and your awareness of it takes you deeper within.

Today's technique is called physiological sighs.

Physiological sighs are designed to be used at any point.

They are the fastest hard-wired way to eliminate the stress response in our body,

A wonderfully simple technique that can be used at any point.

The technique is deceptively simple.

It involves a double inhale through the nose and an exhale through the mouth,

Sounding like a deep sigh.

So a double inhale and a deep sigh.

Let's try it.

Inhale and inhale and sigh,

Let it out.

Let's do that again.

Inhale,

Inhale,

And sigh,

Let it out.

Once more,

Inhale,

Inhale,

And sigh,

Letting it out.

One to three physiological sighs can often be enough to bring your breathing down to a normal level at a time of stress or anxiety.

It can sometimes only take 20 to 30 seconds for the body to adjust.

And you can bring this beautiful,

Simplistic and powerful technique back with you as we now return to the day,

Having a gentle stretch,

A more aware,

Normal deeper in and out breath,

And open your eyes,

Returning to the moment.

Reviews

So calming. Perfect day or night. Thanks Andrew 🙏🏻

Exactly what I was looking for! So relaxing and brief 😌Thank you Andrew!

Thank you, Andrew.
This one was very relaxing.
Loved it.
😇🙏🏻✨️🌟✨️

Two in breaths and a sigh. So simple and profoundly effective. Thank you. I will revisit this technique regularly.

Love your voice as always ❤️ lovely practice thank you.

Thank you Andrew for this breathing meditation.
I really loved it, & it was very relaxing!
I love all these breathing meditations!
They are so calming. 😇🙏🏻❤️✨️