Breathing Let It Go

In the English training course ‘Deal with Stress,’ of the Dutch online platform 'Uit je hoofd, in je lijf' you will learn to reach a better balance between thinking and feeling, between head and body. This means more inner rest, calm and peace, more strength and more self-confidence. Through this training, we aim to hand people the tools to achieve that for themselves. The training consists of a combination of techniques to experience basic calmness and strengthen this inner peace on a permanent basis. But the training offers more. It also teaches you techniques to handle and manage any strong negative emotions, e.g. worrying too much. You will get to know yourself better by applying observation techniques which will help you to recognise oncoming emotions and to understand what happens physically. Although the platform is Dutch, there is an English training available for those who speak English. This exercise is a part of this training.

Transcript

The technique let it go.

In this exercise you will learn a new breathing technique,

A technique to let go negative emotions.

I would advise you to practice this exercise in a quiet non-stressful situation to make this exercise all your own.

If it feels good and easy you can use this technique at times when you experience too much stress and want to change this.

First make sure that you are sitting or lying down in a comfortable position.

Give yourself some time to really be able to do this exercise well.

Then close your eyes and focus your attention inside for the next few minutes.

Firstly I ask you calmly breathe in and breathe out.

Breathe in through your nose and exhale through your mouth.

Then try to focus on a negative emotion.

To make it a little easier for you,

Imagine a recent situation in which you have been where you did not feel at ease.

Try to imagine this situation as realistically as possible.

Now take a moment to experience what you felt in that situation.

After you capture the negative feeling become aware of the physical sensations that come with this feeling.

Where do you feel the negative feeling in your body?

Concentrate on it and feel the impact on your body.

Now try to distance yourself from this emotion and see yourself from a distance or in a movie.

If you find it difficult recalling this in a picture you can also choose to identify yourself and that feeling in words.

Tell yourself what is happening and what you feel but keep a distance from this feeling.

Now try this for a moment.

If you have distanced yourself from this emotion then put the focus on your breathing and breathe in to a count of 5 and breathe out to a count of 5 as well,

Just as you have practiced before.

Try this for a moment alone,

Just go at your own pace.

Now return to this previous negative emotion,

Not by feeling it but by seeing it from a distance.

Stay calm and continue breathing.

Continue to breathe calmly and visualise your negative emotion flowing out and disappearing as you breathe.

Then breathe in a sense of calm and confidence and breathe out the negative emotion.

Breathe in the calm and breathe out the negativity.

I will let you experience this.

Try this on your own for a while.

Repeat this as often as you can.

Repeat this as often as necessary to feel good and powerful again and enjoy this moment once again.

Reviews

Thank you for the guidance towards ‘felt worries’ in my body and offering a healing space to release what no longer serves me.🙏🏼🎁🌟