An Introduction to Breathing for Anxiety Relief
Anxiety Slayer™ with Shann and Ananga
Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer
4.4 • 858 Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2017
⏱️ 5 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Anxiety Slayer series. Our mission is to assist you with creating more peace and tranquility in your life |
| 0:14.7 | through anxiety release exercises and supportive tools created to slay your |
| 0:20.0 | anxiety. |
| 0:32.0 | A simple breathing practice to help you control your anxiety. We all experience anxiety from time to time. Fleeting |
| 0:36.0 | moments of nerves before speaking, job interviews, or new social situations are |
| 0:41.5 | common examples of anxiety-provoking experiences. |
| 0:46.6 | When anxiety spills outside a specific area and overflows into our life in general, it can |
| 0:52.3 | begin to take over key areas of our life with |
| 0:55.3 | unwanted symptoms and an awful sense of unease. It might affect our sleep, our |
| 1:01.0 | work, our relationships, and even our health. |
| 1:05.0 | That's when we need some help to tame and contain anxiety and breathing exercises |
| 1:10.0 | are one of the very effective ways to do this. |
| 1:14.0 | Breathing exercises can help you control your anxiety |
| 1:17.0 | because when you control and study your breath, |
| 1:20.0 | you have a direct impact on your heart rate and in turn your mind. |
| 1:25.0 | As your breath slows down and calms down, |
| 1:28.0 | so does your heart. |
| 1:29.0 | And as your breathing and your heart rate slow down and calm down, your mind and thoughts will too. |
| 1:37.0 | Yoga, Ayurveda, and Chinese medicine all teach that when we are stressed or anxious, |
| 1:42.4 | our breathing becomes shallow, rapid and unsettled. |
| 1:46.5 | The more upset our breath is, the more upset our mind is. |
| 1:51.0 | Fast, shallow breathing stirs up our thoughts. Calm, steady breathing helps calm our thoughts. |
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