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3 Sighs In 3 Minutes

by Lauren Grogan

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If you're tight on time but need a moment of relief, we can sigh it out together! Researchers found that people who practiced cyclic sighing every day for a month experienced reduced anxiety and increased positive emotions.

RelaxationAnxiety ReliefBreathingPositive EmotionsSighing TechniqueBreath ReleaseDeep BreathingShoulder RelaxationFace Relaxation

Transcript

Let's take the next few moments to do a very brief but very therapeutic relaxation technique.

It is simply just sighing.

Sighing is very therapeutic.

It helps us to release something,

Whatever we're holding on to.

I'm sure you've heard the term sigh of relief because that's exactly what a sigh brings.

So we are going to get comfortable wherever we are,

Whether that is in a seated position or lying down.

And let's just take a deep breath in through the nose and let out a long,

Loud sigh.

Really squeeze out that breath.

When you think you have gotten all that breath out,

See if you can squeeze a bit more out.

Let's do that two more times.

Inhale deeply through the nose,

Fill up your lungs with breath.

And then a long,

Slow sigh out.

Keep squeezing.

Feel your face,

Your shoulders relax.

Last one.

Deep breath in,

Take in as much air as you possibly can.

And sigh it out.

Allow your breath to happen naturally.

If you feel like you can do a few more of those,

You can certainly do so.

Otherwise,

If you'd like to open your eyes if they were closed and go about the rest of your day,

You can.

Namaste.

Meet your Teacher

Lauren GroganRed Bank, NJ, USA

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