Deep Natural Breathing

This skill is very much like Smokeless Inhalation, but it takes 3 to 5 minutes. It involves both your abdomen and your chest. You will focus on the sound and feel of your breathing.

1. Sit in a chair. Put your arms at your sides and uncross your legs and feet. Or, lay down on a bed or couch.

2. Note any tension in your muscles.

3. Put one hand on your chest and the other hand on your abdomen.

4. Take a slow, deep breath through your nose. The hand on your abdomen should rise first. When your abdomen is full of air, the hand on your chest should rise.

5. Hold the air for 3 seconds.

6. Purse your lips and blow out through your mouth, making a whooshing sound.

7. Keep taking long, slow deep breaths in through your nose and letting long slow breaths out through your mouth.

8. Focus on the sound and feel of your breathing. Do this for 3 to 5 minutes. After a while, you can lower your hands.

When I will try this?

(After) How did your body feel after this activity?

(After) How did your stress level change after this activity?