Tips

August 16, 2024

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How often to you find yourself holding your breath? The past few years, everyone has experienced moments of fragility, overwhelmed sensation, difficulty managing simple tasks because we lived through a lot of intense moments. Our nervous system is sensitized and sometimes gets stuck in a loop of anticipated responses, stress, tension, pain, fear and our bodies respond to it.

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Let's breathe deeply again! Take a 3 seconds inhale through your nose, hold it for 5 seconds and exhale for 7 seconds. Repeat 3 times every hour. Notice what happens to your heart rate, your tension, your pain.

 

Make it a new habit. This can be reminder via your phone or smartwatch but if you can associate it with something you do often, then you will integrate regularly. Every time I wash my hands after an intervention with a client, I practice breathing. I do it for my wellbeing, to keep the stress in check and to be able to stay present with each client. 

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I particularly love doing this on my strolls in the evening, a cleansing ritual that grounds me. Try it and let me know how it goes.