4-7-8 Breathing
During a life season of grief, I attended a Grief Group where we began each session by doing 4,7,8 breathing in order to calm our minds and relax our bodies. I found this tool helped me to focus and relax and feel less anxious. I still use this tool DAILY, and wanted to share it with you. Dr. Andrew Weil created this method and suggests to try using 4-7-8 breathing, whenever anything upsetting happens-before you respond.
Here is a quick video link of Dr. Weil teaching 4-7-8 Breathing, and is well worth a look to train yourself on this method:
http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/VDR00112/The-4-7-8-Breath-Benefits-and-Demonstration.html
Rays of Healing
Releases stress, anxiety and promotes a calm state. This also is a great tool to use if you wake up at night and want to get back to sleep fast. Doing 4-7-8 breathing on a daily basis can help internal systems to also create a more calm state. Give it a try, you will love the feeling! Breathe in, breathe out and let your spirit fly!
The Culdesac 