The Perfect Breath - Destress Now

Studies have finally shown us what the perfect breath actually looks like. With a 5.5-second inhale, and a 5.5-second exhale, the body relaxes, unwinds, and eases. This happens by way of the parasympathetic nervous system activating and inducing a state of rest and digest. Do this anytime you need to relax, de-stress, or connect with yourself and source more deeply.

Enjoy, and Namaste!

Transcript

Hello everyone and welcome to the perfect breath.

My name is Ben Holt and in this breath work flow we are going to be doing what has now been proven to be the perfect amount of inhale and the perfect amount of exhale in order to experience deep relaxation,

Presence,

And autonomy within the body,

Mind,

And spirit.

This breath work flow is brought to you by Awakend Breath and it's an honor to share this breathing practice with you today.

The way that we will be breathing today is in through the nose and out through the nose.

We will be inhaling for 5.

5 seconds and we will be exhaling for 5.

5 seconds.

If you're familiar with Ujjayi breathing,

Then I recommend you do Ujjayi breathing while inhaling and exhaling during this breath work flow.

Alright,

With that being said,

Let's go ahead and get started by taking two foundational breaths as we breathe in through the nose,

Deep to the bottom of the belly,

Then the chest,

Then the head.

Briefly hold,

Open the mouth and sigh it out.

Again,

Deep breath in through the nose,

Filling up the belly,

Chest,

And head.

Brief suspension at the top and let it go.

Fantastic.

I invite you to get nice and comfortable sitting up or lying down and get ready to breathe.

We will begin the perfect breath in 5,

4,

3,

2,

1.

Deep breath in and exhale.

In and exhale.

In and exhale.

In and exhale.

Keep going,

You're doing great.

In and exhale.

Filling up the belly and chest.

In and exhale.

In and exhale.

In,

Feeling the breath come in and out of the body and exhale.

In and exhale.

Great,

Keep going.

In and exhale.

In and exhale.

In and exhale.

Continuing to breathe at this pace.

Feeling the breath gently coming in through the nose into the belly and gently leaving as you let it go.

Feeling your body become relaxed,

Calm,

And present.

Allowing your mind to be still.

As your full awareness is on your inhales and exhales.

As you breathe deep into the belly and release the breath completely.

Continue breathing,

Listening to the music,

The sounds of nature as you follow my breath.

Feeling your body completely relaxed.

All of the muscles just relax now.

Releasing any tension,

Any tightness in the body.

Just allow yourself to relax.

Be here now with your breath.

Continuing to breathe.

We're almost there.

Final breath in and let it go.

Great work everyone.

Let's take a nice foundational breath into the nose.

Deep breath in.

Filling up all the way.

Opening the mouth and sighing it out.

Beautiful.

Thank you for practicing the perfect breath with me today.

I hope you feel relaxed,

Present,

Centered,

And grounded.

I invite you to gently breathe and meditate as you listen to the remainder of this soundtrack.

I hope you have a beautiful day and I am grateful for your presence.

My name is Ben Holtz.

Until next time,

Namaste.

Reviews

Ahh thank you for this practice and sharing the perfect breath with me. Very calming flat on my back, good choice of music good job 🙏🙏

Really helpful!
My uncomfortable state of a body full of grief and tension reacted so thankfully to this journey.
So I say thank you for your great work.
🙏

Thank you so much 🎈🌺🎈🌺🎈for the wonderfully breathing practice 🎈🥂🎈it gives me glimmers and sparkling all over 🗺️have a blessed day 🕉️Namaste

Brit relaxing and soothing to my mind and body. Thank you 💖

This meditation relaxes me and helped me to become present again. Great destresser. Thank you!