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Welcome to Anxiety Slayer. The holiday season can be a really tough time for those of us who suffer with anxiety. So in this week's podcast I wanted to share a very simple breathing practice that's good for discharging feelings of stress.

It's good for the times when we feel overstretched that there may be social obligations

and expectations that we don't feel comfortable with.

So it's a really useful simple exercise that you can do.

Ideally a couple of times a day to just help you clear your mind, centre and ground yourself, and just be in supportive contact with yourself,

rather than keep rushing and pushing through the things that are expected of us at this time of year.

Make yourself comfortable lying down for a few years. are expected of us at this time of year.

Make yourself comfortable lying down for a few minutes.

And place your right hand in the middle of your chest,

and your left hand in the middle of your stomach and take a slow deep breath in.

And if you notice that the hand on your stomach is rising

slightly higher than the hand on your chest, you've been successful in drawing your breath

really deeply down into your lungs.

If that isn't what happened, just keep practicing, breathing slowly and as deeply as

you can, making sure that you empty your lungs fully on your

out breath to encourage the next breath in to deepen and allow your stomach to rise.

Just relax now and

imagine yourself being completely supported by the surface you're resting on.

So you can let go for just a few minutes, drop your shoulders, relax your jaw, and just allow yourself this small amount of me time is okay

for you to be with you and look after you

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