Today,
We'll be focusing on rhythmic breathing,
Which is such a powerful technique for managing stress and emotional states.
If I had to say,
It's probably my favorite technique and most of my work has been dedicated to this.
With rhythmic breathing,
What you're doing and really what you're accomplishing is being able to control your body's stress response and take the mind completely out of it.
Enhancing emotional regulation through controlled breath patterns is something that the yogis have been doing for centuries.
Now,
With modern music and DJ skills for those instructors that possess that,
It's a great unique skill set that I'm always honored to share.
So today,
We'll be utilizing rhythmic breathing paired with music that becomes a quick tool for stress relief and emotional recalibration.
So let's start.
I'll be guiding us through a comfortable breathing rhythm that we all can maintain.
It's beginner friendly,
But even for those of us who advance,
There's subtle ways that we can advance this progressively,
Even at the same breathing rhythm.
I'll show you.
So we'll be using a balance pattern of two beats for the inhale and two beats for the exhale.
We'll be breathing in through our nose and out through our mouth.
Science shows that this has an alkalizing effect on the body.
As you take your inhale through your nose,
I want you to be aware of something called tongue posture.
Tongue posture is something that actually improves our ability to breathe through our nose and when done properly,
You'll place the tongue on the roof of your mouth.
The tip of your tongue would be just behind your front teeth and you'll gently press the tongue up again gently as you take an inhale through your nose.
This small pressure exerted by the tongue upward actually helps to open the nasal passage and if you're finding one nostril is a little bit more blocked than the other,
One thing you can do is rest the palm of your hand on the cheek of the nose that's blocked and push upward and backward at a 45 degree angle.
This would be this would be a 45 degree line right between your eye and your ear going upward to the top of your head and continue to follow the rhythm as you breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth.
This is what we call alkaline breathing.
As we continue this practice together,
Imagine each breath cycle melting stress away,
Melting fear away,
Melting anxiety away.
Even if you don't feel those emotions currently,
I want you to imagine deeper layers,
Subconscious layers completely melting away.
It's said that our subconscious is held below our heart,
So abdominal region,
Hip region,
And legs.
Maybe there's some stress or worry that we're carrying there that we don't actually have conscious in our mind.
Since we're here and breathing together,
Let's make the intention to release anything that we're not even aware of.
Great job.
Continue that breath fully in and out fully in and out fully in through the nose and out through the mouth.
As we can see,
This technique is so great for when we're feeling not only for when we're feeling stressed,
But when we just want to feel great and as you may notice any existing fear and anxiety that you had is subsiding and this breathing practice continues to take us into a positive emotional state,
Making it great for not only when we're feeling anxious or stressed,
But anytime we want to experience positive emotions and even replace an unhealthy habit or vice,
Whether that may be snacking,
Smoking,
Vaping,
Or any other unhealthy lifestyle habit that we've developed.
We can replace with a couple of rounds of alkaline breathing.
Great job.
Spend a few more minutes with this practice and notice how each breath cycle brings you closer and closer to that centered state of tranquility that version of yourself that so often we go out on the outside looking for.
It's so easy to fall into the trap of thinking we need this or we need that to feel fully like ourselves,
But right here right now we can take our power back and realize that internally we have everything we need amazing job.
I want you to slow down your breaths slow down the intensity as our breathing practice will slowly fade out and now just slowly Return to your normal breathing and I'm so honored to share this alkaline rhythmic breathing with you today learning and applying rhythmic breathing to control your body's stress responses is a life changing skill that you can use in nearly any situation to help with enhancing emotional regulation and at the end of the day,
It's just a quick practical tool for stress relief and emotional recalibration.
So please feel free to use it to press the button during stressful situations to help you maintain emotional balance.
