Anxiety Relief Breathing

Ease anxiety and reduce stress with a relaxing breathing exercise using straw breath. This breathing practice is also helpful for feelings of overwhelm or panic. The audio is accessible and approachable for all levels.

Transcript

Hi,

I'm Liv.

Welcome to your breathing practice for today.

The technique we'll use in this practice is called straw breath.

This practice has many benefits and is proven to help reduce stress and create more calm.

It can be especially helpful if you are experiencing anxiety or even a panic attack.

Set yourself in a comfortable position and take a few deep breaths.

To start this technique,

We'll inhale through the nose and then exhale fully as if we're breathing out through a straw.

Inhale and exhale and then inhale normally through the nose and exhale fully out the straw.

The goal with this technique is that our exhale is longer than the inhale when we breathe out through the straw,

Which helps to relax the nervous system.

I'll continue to guide us through it together.

Inhale through the nose,

Exhale out the straw,

Inhale,

Exhale,

Inhale,

Exhale.

Do at your own pace,

Inhale,

Exhale,

Inhale,

Exhale,

Inhale,

Exhale.

Feel free to speed up or slow down and modify this exercise however you need so that it feels better for you.

On your next breath,

You can play around with extending the exhale even further as you blow out through the straw.

We'll take our few last rounds together.

Inhale through the nose and exhale fully out the straw.

Inhale through the nose,

Exhale out the straw.

You can come back to your natural breath.

Take a moment to check in with yourself and know that you can come back to this exercise at any point throughout the day whenever you need a moment to reset and create more calm.

Thank you for taking this time for your mind.

I'm Liv and I can't wait to practice with you again soon.

Be well.