Quick Stress Break

Hands up if you need a quick break to focus, breathe, and relax! Take just a couple minutes for yourself to release the tension you are holding and return to a calm state. You'll find some delicious breath work here, focusing on breathing into the belly and rib cage. Enjoy this as a treat anytime you need to come back to yourself. You'll be surprised at how much better you can feel in just over 3 minutes.

Music by Chris Collins

Transcript

Hi there,

It's Dawn from Free Range.

Hands up if you need a break.

I thought so.

Let's take a moment together.

Just put one hand on your rib cage and then a hand lower on your belly.

And as we breathe in,

Feel the belly rising.

So the low hand and then feel the rib cage hand expanding up.

And then exhale and release.

Breathe in,

Low,

In,

Pause,

And exhale.

Let's go upper,

Lower.

Lower.

Now,

Imagine you have your hands resting on your low back and then the area of your rib cage where you had your upper hand.

You're going to breathe into your low back and then your mid back.

Pause.

Good.

Let's do that again.

Breathing in low back and the middle of your back.

Let's go all the way up to your shoulders this time.

Breathing and then washing the breath out,

Down,

Relaxing all those muscles from the top to bottom.

And taking a pause.

And then we're going to think about all the way around the body.

Lower in the front to the sides into the back and all the way around in a cylinder as we take a breath.

Low,

Filling,

And then middle,

And then move into the upper,

All the way to the top of your head.

And exhaling all the way down,

Melting,

Releasing,

Ending,

Softening tension all the way down through the feet,

Through the hands.

And just one more.

Breathing all the way up,

Gathering any tension.

And as you exhale all the way down,

Just releasing that tension.

When you're done,

Just take a nice long stretch.

Wiggle your fingers and your toes.

Give a roll of your shoulders.

And maybe take your hands and put them on your arms.

Give yourself a bit of a squeeze and tell yourself everything is going to be okay.

It will.

Okay.

Take care of yourself.

Bye for now.