Sigh Your Way Out Of Anxiety

This is a wonderful practice to release stuck energy, anxiety or other emotions that need to be released from your body. To practice this technique you will take a double inhale through the nose, followed by an extended exhale. Is there something present in your body right now that you would like to release? Give this practice a try.

Transcript

This is a wonderful practice to release stuck energy, Anxiety or other emotions that need to be released from your body. If you feel called, Perhaps bring to mind something that you want to release. Perhaps it is anxiety or maybe it's another emotion or sensation that's present in your body right now. If there's nothing that comes through for you, Simply enjoy the releasing and clearing energy of this practice. Physiological sigh is a double inhale followed by an extended exhale. So through the nose if this is possible for you, If not through the mouth is okay too. Take the first long breath in through the nose then you follow it with a shorter top up breath like this. Followed by a releasing exhale through the mouth. So start to follow this breath pattern. Do this five times and if at any point you feel lightheaded you can pause, Take a few normal breaths and dive back in. And if you finished your fifth breath just pause for a moment and just notice what's alive and present in your body. So as we continue into this practice on your exhale I invite you to start making some sound on your exhale. Whatever wants to come out. So starting this breath again. Allow any sounds to come out. Allow the sounds to be an expression of whatever you're releasing from your body and from your field. Continue with this breath. Now if it feels comfortable for you, You might even want to include some movements of your body. So rather than doing this in a traditional still meditation posture, Just observe if your body wants to somatically respond to how you're breathing. Continuing this breath. Maybe your shoulders want to move up on your inhale and drop on your exhale. Maybe your arms want to move up on an inhale and shake or drop down on an exhale. Or perhaps your spine wants to lengthen and extend on the inhale and round on the exhale. Or perhaps you're even called to stand up and move and shake and stomp as you continue with this breath. Be as subtle or as dynamic as you feel called to be. This is your expression of breath and body. Continue with this breath. Allow sound to flow if that feels authentic to you. Allow movement to be expressed if that is what you feel called to do. Allow emotions to flow if they're beginning to surface. All is welcome here. All is welcome here. We'll continue on with this breath for another minute. Ahhh. . . Ahhh. . . Ahhhhhh. Ahhhhhh. Ahhhhhh. Ahhhhhh. Ahhhhhh. Ahhhhhh. Ahhhhhh. Ahhhhhh. Ahhhhhh. Beautiful. Now slowly bring yourself into stillness, Releasing this pattern of breathing. Place one hand on your heart and one hand on your belly. And be present to sensations. Be present to the feelings that lie beneath. And really observing the echoes of your practice. And when you're ready, Doing whatever you need to do to transition back into your day. Maybe it's stretching. Maybe it's gently touching your body with love and with care. And if you found this to be a particularly releasing practice, Take some time to journal as a way to integrate your experience. GONG.

Reviews

This was wonderful, weird at first but ended up being a gift in multiple ways.
This exercise gave me calmness for not only my anxiety, but also my stress. It gave me an unexpected boost in energy!!

Wonderful way to start the day!!

Thank you!!
Lerone

Very good! This helped renew me when I was on the brink of a meltdown. I feel a lot better now.

Very helpful practice. Helped me release a lot of emotions that I was holding as tension, expressing as anger, and experiencing as sadness/anxiety. I feel much calmer now. I will definitely return to this practice when I notice this pattern in my body/mind again.

Beautiful work. I have been doing nervous system breathwork for a few years now with the same video on YouTube and this is a good shift for my anxiety. It is good to try something new. Thank you

I’m having some health issues and with the holidays upon us, I have absolutely exhausted and drained myself. I don’t feel well. I’m thinking I may have to commit myself to bed tomorrow. I practiced this method and it truly ground me. I absolutely feel calmer and felt release which is a new feeling for me. I set up a reminder for tomorrow. Thank you! You were my Christmas present to myself tonight. I hope your holidays are blessed.