Breathing techniques gently calm the body, lower stress levels, and bring you back into the present moment, naturally easing anxiety & overthinking and restores wellbeing..

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Your nervous system is constantly scanning for safety.  When it senses stress, pressure, overwhelm, or emotional pain, it activates survival responses designed to keep you safe. This can leave you feeling anxious, on edge, irritable, emotional heaviness and unease in the body. 

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This isn't because something is wrong with you ---it's because your system has reached its stress capacity.

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Your Nervous System Thinks Overthinking is a Threat!​

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If your glass is full as an example of stress levels, then the slightest bit more stress, spills over and creates negative emotions, but as you gradually raise your emotional wellbeing, the glass begins to lower, and empty the glass, and sends signals to your body "I don't need to be on high alert".

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This lowers the stress baseline, meaning:

• It takes more to trigger anxiety or anger

• Emotional reactions soften

• You recover faster after stress

• Your system feels steadier and safer overall

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You are retraining your nervous system to live at a calmer, safer default level.​​​​​

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To help you break the cycle of this habit, there is a simple technique that helps you change your thoughts and feelings in seconds.​

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Try to breath this way throughout the day. When you wake up, when you are eating, working, driving, going to sleep, if you wake up in the night etc.​

 

Here's a simple breathing technique to help your body settle.

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The 5-minute Reset

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A simple tool to balance your nervous system and lower anxiety.

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1. Take a moment to feel your feet on the ground and gently slow your breathing down slightly.

2. Breath in for the count of 5 and out for 5. (Follow the pacer below).

3. Repeat in your mind as you take a breath in, say "Calm" and as you breath out, very gently through your mouth, say "Relax". Feel your body relaxing.

 

When to do this...

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Each day for regulating your nervous system -

It can be so powerful to bring into your daily practice and help change faster.

Do this for 5 minutes, 3-4 times a day (morning, lunch and before bed).

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The "emergency" Reset - 

Whenever you feel triggered or stressed, do this for just 60 seconds to stop the stress response in its tracks. This may be negative thoughts, past memories, just feeling anxious for no reason, worrying about something, or just to boost your feelings.  ​

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You may find it easier to follow the pacer below as you do the breathing to start with.