How To Belly Breathe For Anxiety

AttackAnxiety Do you feel anxious? Have anxious moments? Maybe even struggle with anxiety attacks?

If so, I want to offer some strategies to help you deal with those feelings… the emotional storm that can hit.

Anxiety isn’t a sign of weakness. It is actually a sign of ancient survival strategies that have ramped up to the point of over-reaction. Hyper-vigilance has taken the survival strategy of fear and caution to a level that can interfere in daily life.

There are some strategies, though, that can help you cope, re-wire, and live with lower levels of anxiety.

Don’t let it run your life! Learn to cope and move beyond anxiety.

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It happens automatically. You don’t even think about it. Unless you choose to notice it — or even change it. And it’s a good thing it happens automatically. Otherwise, you would not last long.

Breathing.

Even if you don’t ever think about it, your breathing will keep oxygen coming into your body and carbon dioxide going out of your body. In and out. All day long.

No big deal, right?

Wrong.

HOW you breathe determines whether your body acts as if there is a threat or whether your body assumes everything is alright. One way causes stress. The other way creates calm.

One way is how you likely breathe on a regular basis — and especially when there is a perceived threat or stressful situation. The other way allows you to calm yourself down, increase your oxygen supply, and shift away from fear/stress.

Ready to shift to a thriving breath? Listen below

Tools of Thriving Series
Introduction
Thought Awareness
Only Control What You Can
The Responsibility Formula
The Perspective Shift
Your Built-In Importance Indicator
The Importance Matrix
The Appreciation Approach

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Attacking Anxiety

A Thriving Breath