Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.

I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey

and inspire you to create your own.

Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,

from my personal experiences to useful tools and different

mindful techniques.

Hello and welcome to the Mindful Kind podcast. This is episode number 13. If you would like to learn about different

breathing techniques, this is the episode for you. I'll be sharing my favorite ways to breathe

mindfully to help you take simple mindful breaks, reduce stress, release tension in your body

and fall asleep easier. So let's just get straight into it.

The first breathing technique I'd like to talk about is super simple and nice and short. Just take a

deep breath in, hold for one second and then release your breath in one long exhale. That's it. I'm sharing this

technique with you because it's so easy and you can use it anywhere at any time. It's especially

useful when you're in the middle of a stressful situation because you don't really need to remember anything

or take a lot of time. You just need to remind yourself to take this one deep breath.

Another breathing technique I love is called spinal pearls.

I learned this beautiful technique at yoga and it's another simple

but really effective way to tune into your breath. So the way you practice this technique is to

imagine your spine is a string of pearls. As you inhale, imagine your breath is traveling up the string

of pearls and as you exhale, imagine your breath is traveling up the string of pearls, and as you exhale, imagine your breath is traveling down the string of pearls.

I find this is such a useful technique because if I'm having trouble concentrating on the breath, the added visualization really helps to focus my mind.

The next breathing technique is fun to practice when you're walking or

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