5 Minute Breathwork Meditation: Calming Square Breathing
5m 51s
The power of your breath.
Join me here in a calming, 5 Minute Breathwork practice, focused on helping calm the overall nervous system.The center around this meditation is your breath, and the cycles of square (box) breathing works to ease the mind, bring your body back to a calm state, relax the brain and provide you with an overall reset.
Square breathing is simple and effective that can help offer several benefits:
* Stress Reduction: Square breathing helps calm the nervous system and reduces stress and anxiety by promoting relaxation.
* Improved Focus: It can enhance concentration and mental clarity, making it useful for tasks that require mental alertness.
* Better Sleep: Practicing square breathing before bedtime can help you relax and improve the quality of your sleep.
* Emotional Regulation: It can assist in managing emotions and preventing impulsive reactions in stressful situations.
* Lowered Blood Pressure: Consistent practice of square breathing may lead to reduced blood pressure over time.
* Enhanced Respiratory Control: It improves respiratory muscle control and lung function.
* Mindfulness and Meditation: Square breathing is often used as a foundational breathing technique in mindfulness and meditation practices.
* Increased Oxygenation: It can improve oxygen exchange in the lungs, benefiting overall health
How to do square breathing:
- inhale for 4 seconds
- hold for 4 seconds
- exhale for 4 seconds
- hold for 4 seconds
** repeat for 4 rounds
It is truly amazing, how in just 5 minutes, you can completely calm your nervous system and reach an overall sense of calm. Come to this practice any time you are feeling overwhelmed, stressed, anxious, frustrated, annoyed, angry or uneasy, before any important event, or to calm the mind before bed.
Get comfy, close your eyes...and let's feel am instant sense of calm together.