If there is any one suggestion I would give to those still feeling suffocated or have lost your power within an unhealthy relationship is to start with tending to yourself. Nourish your whole self. Your body, your spirit and your mind. This isn't easy when anxiety is filling your day. When your brain won't shut down and in chaos, when you are sleep deprived. When the appetite has been suppressed and when our soul feels fractured by the mean spirited air.
So here's where we start to awaken the forgotten power hidden within ourselves.
Our breathing, our life force.
If we don't breathe we do not live. If we do not breath properly we do not not live to the fullest. Healing breath work calms us, brings oxygen into our blood and thus clears our thinking. It encompasses healing to the body, the mind and the spirit.
We tend to hold our breath as we brace ourselves for what I call The Incoming. Learning to breathe for calming and clearing the mind is the first tool towards empowering ourselves. As this becomes second nature we can utilize our breathing to heal even further. But let's start with the foundation of mindful breathing.
Practice this now for three full slow breaths.
Take a long, slow breath in through your nose, first filling your lower lungs, then your upper lungs.
Hold your breath to the count of "three."
Exhale slowly through pursed lips, while you relax the muscles in your face, jaw, shoulders, and stomach.
Then throughout the day. The beauty of this is you can use this powerful primary tool anywhere anytime.
When you start getting anxious as you know the 'incoming' is approaching breathe through it. As you master this start visualizing the inhale filling you heart area with Love as the exhale release any thing that does not serve your highest good.
So here's where we start to awaken the forgotten power hidden within ourselves.
Our breathing, our life force.
If we don't breathe we do not live. If we do not breath properly we do not not live to the fullest. Healing breath work calms us, brings oxygen into our blood and thus clears our thinking. It encompasses healing to the body, the mind and the spirit.
We tend to hold our breath as we brace ourselves for what I call The Incoming. Learning to breathe for calming and clearing the mind is the first tool towards empowering ourselves. As this becomes second nature we can utilize our breathing to heal even further. But let's start with the foundation of mindful breathing.
Practice this now for three full slow breaths.
Take a long, slow breath in through your nose, first filling your lower lungs, then your upper lungs.
Hold your breath to the count of "three."
Exhale slowly through pursed lips, while you relax the muscles in your face, jaw, shoulders, and stomach.
Then throughout the day. The beauty of this is you can use this powerful primary tool anywhere anytime.
When you start getting anxious as you know the 'incoming' is approaching breathe through it. As you master this start visualizing the inhale filling you heart area with Love as the exhale release any thing that does not serve your highest good.
