Breathing is free! Our bodies naturally breathe every single day on average 17,000 - 24,000 times per day. As a certified sound therapist, meditation and Breathwork facilitator, there are multiple, intentional techniques we can use daily to regulate our systems, expand our creativity, resent our minds and so much more. Take a listen.
Jean Nicholls: Today I want to talk to you about breath. She invites us to take a few moments to just breathe. And that breath will be a cyclical breath for you to try. Long, slow inhales, long slow exhales, or an activation side to side. Tell me how it works for you.
Hello, everyone. I hope you're having a great day. My name is Jean Nicholls and today I want to talk to you about breath. It's a simple, simple thing. It's free and it can help us at any point in time during our day. Our breath will tell us about our stress levels. Our breath will tell us if we're tired. Our breath will tell us if we're happy or sad. Our breath is a life force that often and in this moment, I'm simply going to invite us to take a few moments to just breathe, but not only to take a breath, but to see how our feels when we take a breath intentionally.
So I invite you, when we do this little exercise, to feel and reflect on how you feel as we go through it. So the first thing we're going to do is take a long, slow breath. Eyes open, eyes closed. And I just want you to envision a color going from the base of your spine all the way to the top of your head, any color. And allow that color to be a string that pulls through your entire spine with your breath. And we're going to take three seconds to do that. In three, two, one. We inhale, we pull that color up to the top of our spine.
We exhale, we let that color go. It's a simple visual to help us to think about and consider the feeling of creating space in our bodies, to fill our lungs and bodies with breath and with fuel. I'm going to offer one second breath for us today. And that breath will be a cyclical breath for you to try. Taking one hand, one finger, I want you to close one side of your nostril. Breathe in and close the other side of your nostril. Breathe out so it's one in, other side. Exhale out. Inhale, exhale. If you continue that breath and doing that way for 30 seconds, 60 seconds, that breath will help activate energy in your bodies.
It might feel tricky if you're having a a plugged nose, but will actually create more energy flow through your system. So two breaths for you to practice. 30 seconds. Do it a couple of times today, couple of times every day, or in those states where you feel like you need a reset. Long, slow inhales, long slow exhales, or an activation side to side. Tell me how it works for you, tell me what you feel in your body and simply breathe. Have a great day.
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