Check-in.
How are you feeling right now?
First step:
Learn how to exhale, the inhale will take care of itself.
-Carla Melucci Ardito
Diaphragmatic Breathing
image retrieved from: https://www.healthline.com/health/copd/breathing-exercises
Shape Breathing
image retrieved from: https://www.childcareresourcesinc.org/blog/feeling-anxious
Choose a direction
There is not one right way to breathe or relax. Each person needs relaxation strategies that YOU can access anytime, anywhere. The following videos are a collection of different strategies. Explore which approach best works for you.
1. Soft belly breathing, narrated, with visuals: 5 minutes
2. Visual breathing guide w/ relaxing music: 10 minutes
3. Progressive muscle relaxation, narrated, cues for breathing: 6 minutes
4. Guided body scan, audio only, narrated: 10 minutes
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Too overwhelmed to choose a direction?
That's okay. Start here, today.
Each day has enough worries.
Start each day with enough breath.
Check-Out.
How are you feeling now?
Breathing is the most basic function of the nervous system that we can control.
Deep and controlled breathing can directly influence the state of "fight or flight".