Mindful Breathing
Quick Summary
- Guided breathing meditations can help slow and deepen your breath, helping to calm your nervous system.
Here’s how you can try it:
- Step 1: Find a comfortable place to sit. If you can find it, a quiet place is ideal.
- Step 2: Start to take a few deep breaths: breathe in through your nose, and out through your mouth.
- Step 3: As you breathe, notice how your tummy expands when you inhale, and then contracts when you exhale.
- Step 4: As you breathe, your mind might wander. If it does, just gently bring your focus back to your breath.
- Step 5: After a minute or two of practising mindful breathing, check in with how you're feeling. Has your mood changed?
You might like to give some of our other mindfulness and relaxation activities a go - check out Paired Muscle Relaxation, or Urge Surfing.