Do These Easy Breathing Exercises for ANXIETY Relief

Hello, welcome to my channel. My name is Julia. I'm a hypnotherapist and a spiritual coach and in today's video I will show you a few very simple yet very effective breathing exercises that will help you with the release of anxiety, depression, release stress, release anger, sleep better and increase your levels of energy. So if you're ready, let's start breathing together. From the beginning of time, humans have used their breath to control their internal states. Shamans, healers, doctors, psychologists and life coaches today are using these breathing techniques to help people with their different issues like anxiety, panic attacks, stress, insomnia, lack of energy, lack of focus or concentration. So the following series of breathing exercises will assist you in dealing with all of this. We will begin with my favorite breathing exercise. I do this with all of my clients to help them relax into a state of hypnosis. I call this 4x4 and it's also called the box breathing exercise. This is good for relaxation, for clearing the mind, for relaxing the body and improving focus. It can be done in any position. You can be seated or laying for this one and it will look something like this. You will breathe in through your nose counting to four, you will hold your breath with four counts and you will exhale counting to four. Let's try this together. Breathing in, hold, exhale and you can repeat this four more times. Then take a break and then repeat this another four times. Second favorite exercise is alternate nostril breathing. This is a breath control practice used in yoga. In Sanskrit is known as Nadi Shothana Pranayama. I hope I pronounced that correctly. This translates as subtle energy clearing breathing technique. This exercise helps with lowering the stress, the anxiety levels, lowering the heart rate and balancing the two hemispheres of the brain as well as clearing the mind. This is best to be practiced the first thing in the morning. It can be done seated in the latest position or cross-legged having your back straight unsupported and it looks like this. You will place your index and your middle fingers of your right hand on your forehead between your eyebrows and with your thumb you close the right nostril and you breathe in through your left one and with a ring finger or your pinky finger, whatever feels more comfortable for you, you breathe in and then you breathe out through the right nostril releasing. I think it looks easier if I just show it to you. Let's start breathing. Hold your breath now and release. One more time and you can do that for several rounds breathing slowly and gently. Exercise number three. I call this the let go breathing exercise. This will assist in diverting attention away from a panic or anxiety attack and you can do this in any position but it's better if you close your eyes and have your body as comfortable as possible. So you will take a deep breath in through your nose using your diaphragm so filling up your belly with air and when you exhale release the air for as long as you can and say let go. You can also say relax. You can say this out loud or in your mind but it's best if you can say it out loud. Do this at least 10 times and make a conscious decision to let go of everything that is bothering you in that moment. Let's give it a go. Let's try it. Breathing in. Let go. Breathing in. Let go. Breathing in. Relax. And you can do that for several times. Exercise number four. This is called the four seven eight exercise. Very similar to exercise one but this time you will breathe in for four counts, hold it for seven counts and exhale for eight counts. If you cannot make it to eight to seven or to eight then just count faster. You will inhale quietly through your mouth and you can exhale audibly this time or just exhale normally. You might feel a little light-headed first when you do this the first time but do not worry it shall pass after a couple of times. This is great for the nervous system for calming your mind and your body. You would have to be seated for this one with your back straight and let's try it together. So inhale, hold, exhale. You can do that several times until you feel better. Exercise number five. The sighing and yawning breathing exercise. This may sound a little silly and a little weird but it's very effective. Trust me. Think about how often we sigh whenever we feel irritated and frustrated and stressed and we usually yawn whenever we are sleepy or tired. Both of these natural mechanisms are instructing the body to unwind and to relax. This is like a mind hack if you like. These processes occur whenever we are releasing tension unknowingly. You will breathe in gently through your nose and you will release a sigh as you breathe out. When you are ready you breathe in again and let your body relax breathing out with a sigh again. You can do that several times and then the last time, the fifth time. You can just exhale and mimic a yawn and even if it doesn't come naturally just try your best to simulate one. Let's give it a try together. Don't be shy. If I can do it on YouTube you can do it in the comfort of your own home. Let's give it a try. Breathing in through your nose and release with a sigh. Just let it all go. One more time. Letting all go. Letting all the air go and then lastly breathe in. Just mimic a yawn. That was nothing like a yawn but the more you do it after several times the yawn is going to come naturally. You will just trick your mind to have a yawn. Exercise number six. Boosting energy exercise. This is a fast breathing technique in which the breath is activated and breathe first. The sympathetic nervous system is stimulated by these energetic movements which makes you more alert. This exercise should leave you feeling charged, energized and focused. You can do this in any position but it's best if you can stand up and you will take a quick breath into your nose and you will exhale very fast and very short. Inhale right away very short very fast and you use your diaphragm. Make a conscious decision to fill up your belly with air and then you can have a long inhale and a long exhale to release all that. Do this for a couple of minutes and then you can breathe into your nose three times in a very fast and exhale three times very fast. Do this several times and this breathing exercise can be made more active by including some movement. Perhaps a brisk stroll or simply moving your body in a way that feels good for you. Let's give it a go. Let's try it together. So breathing in very quickly. It looks something like that and then after that you can do the three counts, the three inhales and exhales. You can use any rhythm that you like and add some movement to that. Now my darling friends these are the breathing exercises that I wanted to show you today. Please let me know in the comments below if you try them right here with me right now and how do they feel for you. Next week I am planning on recording a guided session of hypnosis for anxiety relief so do not forget to subscribe so you know when I upload a new video. If you like this video give it a big thumbs up. Thank you so much for watching and I will see you very soon. Thank you. Bye for now.