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Anxiety Slayer™ with Shann and Ananga

An Introduction to Breathing for Anxiety Relief

Anxiety Slayer™ with Shann and Ananga

Shann Vander Leek & Ananga Sivyer

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness:mental Health, Education

4.4858 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2017

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

With your own breath, you can learn to calm the symptoms of anxiety and regain a sense of control. In this week's podcast Shann will show you how to get started and guide you through a simple breath awareness exercise.

Transcript

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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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