Breathing Through Anxiety

This mindfulness practice invites you to notice the sensations of anixety in the body and uses focused awareness on the breath to guide you to create 'space' between yourself and the sensations - reminding us that we are not our emotions, they are just a part of our experience.

Reviews

My favourite she’s the one that calms

Through this meditation you helped me get to a much calmer and more stable place. Thank you.

Beautiful! Focuses on important concepts such as observation, feeling anxiety in the body, and neutral parts of the body. Thank you!

I needed this!

Hi Laura, thank you so much for replying to my question about breathing in and out through the nose. Your explanation was really helpful – understanding the physiology really helps and makes so much sense for those of us especially who are dealing with anxiety. I have been trying your technique over the last few days, and it is working well. Thank you! I would love it if you would include more meditations on the Insight Timer. I tend to choose 10–15 minute meditations during the work week, so if you have any more in that timeframe, that would be wonderful. The pacing of your guidance, the words you choose, and the background music really resonate with me. Have a great rest of your week!

Thank you for making your meditations available on the Insight Timer. You are one of the most effective and impactful teachers I’ve listened to in nearly 5 years using this app on a daily basis. I have one quick question: I know that in mindfulness we are always free to make adjustments so that the practice works the best for us, but I am just curious as to why you suggest breathing out through the nose and not through the mouth. I generally find a deep out breath through the mouth to be very cathartic, but if there is abother reason to breathe out through the nose, I’d be curious to know and try it. Thank you again.🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽