EFT Tapping to Open Your Breath and Release Tension

Shallow breathing is often one of the first signs that stress or anxiety has taken hold. This guided EFT tapping session works with the breath directly, using tapping to release the physical and emotional tension that restricts it. You will be guided through a sequence to soften through the chest and diaphragm, slow the breath naturally, and arrive at a sense of calm and ease in the body.
A useful practice for anxiety, stress, or any time you need to come back into your body.

Transcript

Hi, I'm Erin Lachley. I'm an accredited EFT practitioner based here in Australia. And today I'm going to run you through a really simple practice that combines a little bit of breath work and tapping to help you create more space and a deeper sense of breath. So when we do this, What we want to do first is test gently to see how we're feeling in our breath today and to get a sense of whether we're feeling quite constricted, Whether we can take a deep breath or if there's any heaviness or sense of tension. Sitting here in our lungs and in our chest. So one disclaimer is to say that if you're feeling really short of breath and it feels more medical than just a bit of tension or stress, Please do go see a doctor. This is not in place of medical treatment. It's just something to help you feel more relaxed and grounded. So let's get started by first testing our breath. So what I want you to do is close down your eyes, Getting really comfortable in your seat, Placing the hands in your lap either up or down. Whatever feels more comfortable and grounding for you right now. We test the breath just taking a gentle breath in here together In through the nose. And a sigh out through the mouth. And then returning to your normal breathing pattern. And what I want you to do when we next take a breath together is I want you to rate out of 10 how much air you're getting in your lungs today. So a 10 would be. . . Full breath, Really deep, Really feeling it down into the diaphragm, All open really good. A five might be feeling still some constriction, Not quite getting down in the breath into the lungs and feeling maybe some tension in the chest. And then zero could be like feeling very constricted and perhaps you feel even quite anxious as well. Whatever you feel today, We're going to tap on that and we're going to see if we can create more space. OK, So let's take a breath in together. And this time I want you to test and see how much air you can get in. So breathing in through the nose. And letting it go. Good. Do that one more time just to really test that number. Deep breath in. And letting it go. So for me personally, At the moment, I can feel I'm holding a lot up here. I'm not really breathing down into my diaphragm. So I'm probably about a six out of 10. So what we're going to do is start tapping on that. So going to the side of the hand, Taking another breath in just to ground, Letting it go. And then repeating after me, Even though I have this heaviness in my breath. Feeling quite restricted in my breath. And it's hard to take a full deep breath in. I acknowledge how I feel now. I love and accept myself anyway. We're doing a quick tap today, So we're just going to go straight to the top of the head. Again, I want you to take a really deep breath in, As deep as you can. And letting it go. And then moving to the eyebrow point, This restriction in my lungs. Side of the eye. It's hard to take a deep breath today. Under the eye. I'd love to take a deeper breath. Under the nose but I'm feeling quite restricted. Under the mouth, All of this restriction in my breath. Collarbone point, Feeling really heavy. Feeling a bit short of breath. Feeling like there's a lot of tension or heaviness here. And it's making it hard. To take a full breath. Moving to under the arm. But I'm open to exploring this further. Onto the ribs just here. Lower ribs. And I'm open to letting go of this tension. This heaviness. So that I can take a deeper breath. Top of the head. All this heaviness I'm feeling. Eyebrow point. Maybe it feels a bit constricted. Side of the eye but I'm open to taking a deeper breath now. Under the eye feeling safe to take this deep deep breath in under the nose so that I can start to feel more grounded. And more relaxed. Under the mouth, This restriction I feel. In my chest. In my belly making it hard to breathe. Deeply. Collarbone point. What I want you to do here is we're going to do some breathing together, Closing down the eyes, If that feels good for you. And either through the mouth or through the nose, I want you to take a really deep breath in here. And let it go with a slow sigh out. Do that one more time. Deep breath in. Holding at the top for a moment and a slow sigh out the mouth. Feeling everything compress and constrict as you exhale. And then we're going to do that again, But this time what I want you to do is visualize anything in the chest that's feeling heavy. You might see a color. You might see an image you might see. Anything really that could be sitting here. And with your next breath in, What I want you to do is imagining your breath is this golden energy, This golden light. You're drawing it into this space. You're filling up this space in your lungs. You're expanding the capacity in your lungs. And you're also clearing that color, That image, Whatever it is. That is feeling like it's making it hard for you to breathe here. So when you're ready, Breathing in that beautiful golden energy, That beautiful golden light. Holding it for a moment, Really letting it stretch. Holding this full capacity in your lungs. And letting it go with a sigh. And then repeating after me, I'm releasing any remaining tension. Restriction heaviness in my breath. Under the arm. I'm letting it go right now. Onto the ribs it's safe for me to take a deeper breath. Beautiful. You can stop tapping. Give yourself a really good shake. Maybe closing down the eyes here. And just feeling how you feel in your body. And then we're going to take one final breath in together. And I want you to, Again, Test and see if you're getting any more capacity in your breath. So closing down the eyes, Hands on lap. Clearing the breath and then taking a deep breath in together through the nose. And let it go the sigh out. Do that one more time. Deep breath in. Really see if you can draw the breath down to the diaphragm, Up through the ribs, Up through the top of the chest. And letting it go. Noticing what that felt like out of 10. Did your number go up? Did anything change? Just sit with that. And remember, You can do this tapping and breathing exercise as many times as you need. If you found that you had some emotion sitting there in the chest and the heart space, Very common. So I encourage you to sit with that, Do some journaling or some reflection, However you like to do that. And I would encourage you to go and do some more tapping on that thing. I do have a few videos here that you can try. All right, My love, I'm sending you so much love today. Well done on taking a deeper, Fuller breath. I know you're going to feel so much better for it. Please do come tap with me again soon. And I'll see you soon. Bye.