Release Stress With One Minute of Deep Breathing – Here’s How:
Got the heebie-jeebies from too much happening while you’re making other plans?
Or is your brain fried from figuring out how to rob Peter to pay Paul?
Or is your blood boiling from family squabbling?
Or do you just have the plain old blues?
Well, you can do something about it. YOU control what you allow into your mind.
Want more joy? Then choose it! Here’s how:
- Feel the emotion that’s inside you as strongly as you can. For example, are you angry? Then FEEL that anger – stronger, stronger. But here’s the trick: do not think about what caused it. Just feel the emotion. Let your mind go to the feeling in your gut or your head but don’t give space in your mind to the thought of what caused you to feel that way.
- Lie down (it’s okay to sit or stand if you prefer) for one minute of deep breathing.
- Put your hand on your tummy. Inhale, fill your tummy with air and watch your hand rise as you take a good deep breath. Then exhale completely and feel your hand lower.
- When you’re inhaling, tell yourself that Love and Joy are coming into your body. Feel your cells waking up. Then exhale Love and Joy out to the world. That’s it! Just do this for one minute.
“It’s as natural as breathing,” is a common expression and we take about 20,000 breaths a day so it may seem silly to give instructions for breathing – even deep breathing. But sometimes we think we’re taking a deep breath and instead we do the exact opposite: we suck in our belly and raise our shoulders.
Keep in mind that deep breathing is not recommended for people suffering from “panic disorder” or “agoraphobia,” an illness in which people fear having a panic attack in a place where they can’t get help. I’m recommending deep breathing for when you’re “stressed out,” which most of us feel from time to time when life’s challenges overwhelm us.
When you’re stressed out, your breath is shallow and you don’t give your cells enough oxygen and you don’t release enough carbon dioxide. Shallow breathing contributes to the progressive deterioration of your body and mind – what we call “growing old.”
Remember that stress is the number one aging factor. In order to grow younger, become aware when you’re stressed out and take a minute to do some deep breathing.
And while you’re at it, change those heebie-jeebieing, angry or blue thoughts. Think of all the things you’re grateful for. Proper breathing and expressing gratitude can deeply influence your health, happiness and spiritual development – and bring more joy to your life and to the whole world!
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Joy and Blessings!
Ellen Wood – Your Grow Young Guide
Yeah! Great post about a little thing that can make a BIG difference. Thanks for the reminder!
Breath and water, prayer and gratitude. All are important for a peaceful soul. All contribute to an anti-aging life style. As you say, as I say, and for our highest good, so mote it be. Thank you Ellen.
Speaking of Bragg’s – I eat a lot of fish – mostly halibut – and I put a
tablespoon of coconut oil and a big squirt of Bragg’s on it – and bake it
for 15 minutes at 400 ..
Then spoon the ‘juice’ back over the fish and whatever vegetable I am eating
.
Sometimes I toss a few pieces of uncooked broccoli into the baking dish with
the fish for the last 7-8 minutes … Yum !!
Another yummy Bragg dish – is to make a sauce out of equal parts of Braggs
and Agave – and spoon it over fresh salmon – and bake at 400 for 15 minutes
… More yum !! (You can use maple syrup instead of agave)
Happy New Year !!!
Thanks,Ellen! Breathing in Love and Joy–and especially then breathing it out–worked!
Attending a joyful worship service is also an amazing stress buster for me. This morning I was reminded of Robert Louis Stevenson’s words: “Everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was.” What a good reminder that it’s a new day, today! Jeremiah 29:11: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord,”plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” 🙂 Happy 2011 to you!
Stress Relief – The easy way
I call it the easy way but then I am a logical thinker and base all my decisions on logic. What may have been easy for me may not be easy for you but read below and think about it for a while before you make any hasty decisions.
I found after reading some impressive psychology books that suffering from Stress, worry or anything in my life was only a “choice” that I had made in my mind and a choice that is no different from making a choice about what I will eat for breakfast, clothes I will wear today, will I choose to have that second donut or anything else. Life is making choices day in day out, even someone who says they can’t make a choice is still making a choice. (Think about it.)
Stress is no more than a “thought” that is carried in the mind, albeit a very dangerous one that if allowed to grow in your mind will do some very bad damage to your body (Health.)
Once you fully appreciate the Fact that stress is nothing more than a thought in your mind, you have within you the power to remove it. After all it’s only a choice and if it got there by your choice then all you need to do is make a choice to remove it.
First you need to be “willing to learn” how to remove it and believe me it is a lot easier than you may think it is.
Ellen made a choice that she was not going to suffer with Alzhiemers, as she grew in years, like her Mother did and I’m sure that if you read her book she will explain the ease involved in how she learnt to make that choice. (HINT !! She had a reason, a goal, a purpose, etc)
Your reason, goal, purpose is to alleviate the stress from your life but of course if you like living with stress well then that’s your choice and it’s a choice that only you can make.
Please think about this for a moment. Toxic drugs do not relieve stress – they only mask the symptoms of it and the “last” thing you need in your body when trying to deal with mind stress is more health stress caused by drugs.
Live Life without stress – You can do it!!
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