3 Quick Ways To Get Calm

If you experience stress and anxiety, here are some fast ways to get calm. You can use them any time during the day. The more you use them, the more relaxed and centered you will feel.The important thing is to use them before you really get worked up or stressed out. In other words, stay calm so you won’t have to get calm. Stop briefly and do one of the following techniques at the first sign of mental/emotional discomfort.

Abdominal Squeeze Breathing — Method 1 To Get Calm

Sit in a chair with your head, neck, and trunk straight. As you exhale, draw your navel towards your spine. Inhale and passively release. Make the exhale as slow and smooth as your comfortable capacity allows. Let your inhale stay at its natural length.

Do this for a couple of minutes, or until you notice the calmness setting in. The nervous system balances out quickly with effective breathing methods, so it won’t take long.

Counting The Breaths — Method 2 To Get Calm

Sit in a chair with your head, neck, and trunk straight. Gently close your eyes and let your face and neck soften. As you exhale, mentally count 1. As you inhale, mentally count 2. Exhale counting 3. Inhale counting 4. Exhale counting 5. Then, inhale counting 5, exhale counting 4, inhale counting 3, exhale counting 2, inhale counting 1. Continue to count the breaths from 1 to 5 and from 5 to 1.

Do this for a couple of minutes, or until you notice the calmness setting in.

Breathe Without a Pause — Method 3 To Get Calm

Sit in a chair with your head, neck, and trunk straight. Gently close your eyes and let your face and neck soften. Then focus on the flow of the breath. Your goal is to breathe without any pauses or stops in the breath. Allow your exhalations to flow into your inhalations, and your inhalations to flow into your exhalations – without a break, without a pause.

You may initially notice pauses, and doing this will help eliminate them. Or, you may not notices pauses, but doing this will still have a beneficial effect on smoothing the breath out even further.

Which Technique Should I Use?

I’d suggest trying out all the techniques, at different times. See which one works best for you. See which one resonates with you the most. Then use the method as part of your daily routine. Or, alternate the methods on different days, or at different times of the day. The more you use them, the less your stress level will build up.

My master meditation teacher used to say that breath and mind are like Q and U. Just about all words in the English language that have a Q are followed by a U. Breath and mind are just as close as Q and U. The more command you have over the breath, the more command you will have over your mind.

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