Breathing exercises for stress. 7 exercises for every day

Jan­u­ary 14, 2017, 14:08

These sim­ple breath­ing exer­cis­es will help you relax and man­age stress, cre­ate a pos­i­tive mind­set and stay ener­gized through­out the day.

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1. Exercise for cheerfulness

Start­ing posi­tion: stand straight, feet shoul­der-width apart, arms along the body. Take a deep breath and at the same time raise your arms out to the sides and up with your palms fac­ing the ceil­ing. Hold your breath. As you exhale, return to the start­ing posi­tion.

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2. Exercise to calm down quickly

Close your eyes, put your hands on your chest. Slow­ly take a deep breath through your nose; at the peak of inhala­tion, hold your breath for a moment, then exhale as slow­ly as pos­si­ble. It’s a sooth­ing breath. While doing the exer­cise, imag­ine that with each exha­la­tion the irri­ta­tion goes away.

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3. Exercise to energize

Sit on a chair, straight­en your shoul­ders. Close the right nos­tril with the thumb of the right hand and inhale deeply through the left nos­tril. Then close the left nos­tril with the lit­tle fin­ger of the right hand and exhale through the right. Repeat the exer­cise 10 times.

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4. Tension Relief Exercise

For this exer­cise, you will need a cock­tail tube. Sit on a chair, keep your back straight. Take a deep breath through your nose and exhale slow­ly through the tube. Repeat the exer­cise 5 times.

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5. Exercise for confidence

Sit down, keep your back straight, straight­en your shoul­ders. Close your eyes. Con­nect the tips of the fin­gers of the right and left hands: thumb with thumb, index with index, and so on. As you inhale, light­ly press your fin­ger­tips togeth­er, and as you exhale, release the pres­sure. At the same time, con­cen­trate all atten­tion on breath­ing. Repeat the exer­cise 10 times.

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6. Relaxation exercise

Start­ing posi­tion: stand straight, feet shoul­der-width apart, arms along the body. Take a deep breath, at the same time spread your arms to the sides and lift your chin. As you exhale, return to the start­ing posi­tion.

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7. Exercise for concentration

For this exer­cise, you will need a lit can­dle. Sit­ting on a chair, take it in your right hand. Take a deep breath, and then exhale, but with­out blow­ing out the can­dle flame. Repeat the exer­cise 10 times.

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