A Balance Breathing For Any Time Of The Day

A simple and straightforward breathwork to practice when you need to take five. This breathing is like water, it's good to have it/do it anytime. As you go through your day carrying your water bottle, carry this practice with you.

When you are down, it will lift you up, and when you are too excited, it will calm you down, balancing your nervous system.

Transcript

Let's practice balance breathing,

A water category breathing that has a stabilizing effect in our body.

To begin,

Take a comfortable seated position.

If you're sitting on the floor,

Legs crossed.

If you're sitting on a chair,

Legs hip distance apart.

The soles of your feet planted on the floor.

Your back away from the backrest.

Your hands on your belly so you can feel the expansion on the inhalation.

Breathe only through your nose.

On both the inhale and the exhale remember to make the ocean sound by constricting your throat.

It sounds like this.

This breathing is a set of four counts on the inhale and four counts on the exhale.

When you inhale,

Fill and expand your belly with air.

When you exhale,

Relax your belly.

Let all the air out.

In this practice,

We'll do two sets of 20 rounds.

Let's get ready.

Close your eyes,

Relax your face muscles,

Your shoulders,

Chin parallel to the floor.

Let's begin.

Inhale 1 2 3 4 exhale 4 3 2 1.

Inhale 1 2 belly expands exhale 4 3 belly relax.

Inhale 1 2 ocean sound exhale 4 3 2 1.

Inhale 1 2 3 4 exhale 4 3 air out.

Inhale 1 2 fill your belly exhale 4 3 2 1.

Inhale 1 2 ocean sound exhale 4 3 2 1.

Inhale 1 2 belly expands exhale 4 3 belly relax.

Inhale 1 2 3 4 exhale 4 3 2 1.

Inhale 1 2 ocean sound exhale 4 3 2 1.

Inhale 1 2 last round exhale 4 3 2 1.

Breathe natural,

Keep your eyes closed.

Let's take a moment.

Let's do it again.

Inhale 1 2 belly expands exhale 4 3 belly relax.

Inhale 1 2 ocean sound exhale 4 3 2 1.

Inhale 1 2 3 4 exhale 4 3 2 1.

Inhale 1 2 fill your belly exhale 4 3 air out.

Inhale 1 2 3 4 exhale 4 3 2 1.

Inhale 1 2 feel your hands exhale 4 3 2 1.

Inhale 1 2 feel the nostrils exhale 4 3 air out.

Inhale 1 2 3 4 exhale 4 3 2 1.

Inhale 1 2 belly rises exhale 4 3 belly relaxes.

Inhale 1 2 last round exhale 4 3 2 1.

Breathe natural,

Do as many rounds as you need or when you're ready open your eyes and smile.