The Breath for Anxiety, No this is Not about Meditation
The breathe, a place to center one self to stay in the present, to breathe. To Alleviate Anxiety:
When anxiety comes in, breathe long shallow breaths thru your nose, counting 5.5 seconds and exhaling at the 5.5 seconds.
Do not push the anxiety away. Let it be there.
Imagine the anxiety a bundle of butterflies, and have those butterflies sit next to you. Or imagine you are the driver and have the anxiety there, a companion next to you in the passenger seat.
Do not take a deep breathe thru your mouth it will just spread the anxiety.
Do not try to push the anxiety away it will simply become stronger, just allow it to be there as you take long shallow breathes thru your nose.
I highly recommend The Lost Art of Breathing by James Nestor, or this excellent Podcast episode by Max Lugavere where he interviews Nestor.
