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Everyday Motivational Affirmations - Guided Meditation for Deep Breathing and Relaxation · Everyday Motivational Affirmations

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  Deep breathing not only helps to cure anxiety and stress, it also triggers relaxation.
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  Here's how to breathe deeply. Breathing is fundamental to survival. When we
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  are stressed or anxious, our breathing changes. In an attempt to slow the
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  body to engage in intense physical activity for survival. Breathing becomes more rapid,
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  but unfortunately it also gets shallow. We begin to breathe short, quick,
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  shallow breaths. Ever, feel like you can catch your breath. It isn't
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  that you are not able to catch your breath, it's that you are not
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  exhaling. Short gasps of air inward are followed by very small exhalations. The
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  feeling of not catching one's breath leads to even more inhalations, but still no
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  complete exhale. The lungs are so full of old, stale air, new
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  good air cannot enter. We sense the need for oxygen, and, in
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  panic, attempt to inhale even more. The solution to this problem is clear
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  exhale. Proper breathing is an excellent way to manage stress because it stops this
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  negative cycle and calms the body. Deep breathing not only helps to cure anxiety
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  and stress. It also triggers relaxation. Breathing too fast and deep causes light
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  headedness and numbness or tingling of the extremities. Here is a way to slow
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  down your breathing while keeping it deep and exhaling fully. Inhale slowly to the
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  count of four. Count slowly to the pace of one, one thousand,
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  two one thousand, pause to the count of three, exhale slowly to the
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  count of five. The breathing process goes like this inhale two three four,
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  pause two three, exhale two three four five. Inhale two three four,
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  pause two three, exhale two three four five, repeat for a minute or
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  two. H h uh oh kay uh