Release Anger & Frustration Through Your Breath

This practice is my all-time favorite practice for when I am feeling stressed,

Anxious,

Frustrated,

Angry,

Or when I feel like I'm not able to say what I truly want to say.

So this practice is called Lion's Breath.

It's quite dynamic and it's a little bit fun.

You might also feel a little bit awkward doing it in the beginning,

But trust me,

When you continue with this practice,

It feels really good.

So how we do this practice is we take a deep breath in through the nose and then we exhale through the mouth,

Making our mouth as wide as possible as we stick our tongue out and down towards our chin.

And we can even make sounds,

They can be quiet sounds,

They could become really noisy,

Loud sounds,

But we start to just move through this breath.

So let's do one together.

So just take a normal breath in,

Normal breath out,

And then take a deep breath in through the nose and exhale,

Wide mouth as possible,

Stick your tongue out all the way down towards your chin.

And then just keep cycling through this breath,

Inhaling,

Exhaling.

And don't stop,

Just cycle through this breath for a few rounds.

You can even get your body involved,

Even opening up the chest as you breathe in and clenching your fists as you breathe out.

And inhale,

Maybe opening up the body in some way,

Maybe exhaling,

Pretending you've got claws or talons as fingers.

And just keep cycling through this,

Just notice if there's any frustrations or anger that wants to come out,

Particularly with that exhale,

Particularly through sound.

Let's just do two,

Three more breaths.

Really feel into this practice,

Make it as dynamic as you want.

Final breath.

And now just allow your breath to return to its natural rhythm.

And just notice how you feel.

Notice how it felt to open your mouth really wide.

To stick your tongue out really far,

And maybe to even make sounds with the breath.

So this is a practice you can keep coming back to,

You can do for more than just a couple of minutes.

You can even just do one or two rounds after a frustrating situation or conversation with someone.

I hope you enjoyed it.