2-1 Breathing

Feeling anxious? Overwhelmed? Like it’s all just a bit too much?

This Centered Heart Moment allows you to shift your focus to your breath, therefore shifting your internal energy to a calm state of being.

Try this 2-to-1 breathing exercise and just notice how you feel.

Repeat or extend as needed. Connect with your breath. Connect again to yourself.

Transcript

Gently find your way to the floor. Using a pillow under the backs of the legs. And another pillow under the back of the head. Feel free to cover up with a blanket. And we'll work with the practice of two to one breathing. Once you feel comfortable. Turn your attention back to breath. In two-to-one breathing. You're allowing your exhalation breath to get twice as long as your inhalation breath. Start by keeping track. Counting the length of each inhale breath. So if you're breathing to the count of two or three, Just notice. At some point, See if you can extend your exhalation breath to twice as long as your in-breath. So if you're inhaling to the count of 2 or 3, Exhaling to the count of 4 or 6. It may take several breaths to fall into a comfortable rhythm. And that rhythm may change. You might go from a 3-6 rhythm. To a 4-8 rhythm. But don't force the breath. Relaxing the breath. Let it extend naturally. Settling into this two-to-one breathing rhythm. And now allowing your breath to return to a rhythm that's just right for you. Settling with the effects of two-to-one breathing.