31/10/2025
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Your breath is your built-in reset button.
When anxiety rises or your mind feels heavy, notice your breathing.
Is it shallow? Tight? Rushed?
Shallow, rapid breathing (mostly from the chest) keeps the body in a sympathetic nervous system state, โfight, flight, or freezeโ response.
Placing one hand on your chest and the other on your belly, then slowing your breath, sends a message to your nervous system:
โจ You are safe.
โจ You can soften.
โจ You can come back home to yourself.
How to Practice Diaphragmatic Breathing:-
Find a comfortable position
Sit upright in a chair with your back supported, or lie down on your back with your knees bent.
Relax your shoulders, jaw, and hands.
Place your hands for awareness
Put one hand lightly on your upper chest.
Place the other hand on your belly, just below your rib cage.
Inhale through your nose
Breathe in slowly through your nose.
Let the air travel deep into your lungs so your belly rises under your lower hand.
Your chest should stay relatively still.
Exhale gently through your nose
Allow your belly to fall inward as the air leaves.
Repeat
Continue this cycle for 2 minutes.
Focus on the rhythm of your breath, keeping it slow and steady.
This is why I integrate breathwork into healing sessions, it reconnects you to your bodyโs wisdom and calms the nervous system, preparing it to release deeper stress with Spinal Flow or subconscious patterns through hypnotherapy/NLP Coaching.
Next time you feel overwhelmed, pause and breathe. Your body will thank you.
Contact Marg at https://purposefullife.com.au/breathwork-adelaide-gawler-barossa/