Maintaining an easy breathing pattern, where your chest and diaphragm are relaxed and moving naturally in harmony with each inhale and exhale helps re-develop and maintain a comfortable physical state with a clear and alert mind.

How to use Easy Breathing

1. Pay attention to the natural, effortless movement of your breathing cycle. Feel the movements and sensations.  

2. Pay attention to the inhale, then the slight pause, followed by the natural exhale, and then another slight pause.

3. Do this for three or four minutes - paying attention to nothing else.

Through practice you may discover ways of utilizing Easy Breathing as a Quick Relaxer - a way of relaxing quickly for a few moments.

When to use Easy Breathing

1. Whenever you wish to pace yourself and maintain a calmer and more centered internal state - at work, in sport, socially, etc.

2. When you wish to clear your thinking in order to give your full attention to an important matter.

3. As a Quick Relaxer- especially when it is inappropriate to relax with eyes closed, or to fully stop what you are doing.

4. To develop the habit of maintaining a clear mind and calm body.  Use Easy Breathing in odd spare moments: in lifts, in queues, in waiting rooms, at traffic lights, during the TV commercials, while listening to someone, waiting on the phone, or when you are being delayed. In this way you can turn what might otherwise been a frustrating or irritating event into a beneficial and centering experience.

5. To develop an on-going natural awareness of your physical state - so that any chest tightness or breathing unevenness alerts you to take action to clear your thinking and calm your body.

6. To train yourself to feel mentally and physically comfortable even when under pressure.

Benefits of Easy Breathing

· Helps defuse the physical effects of the stress response

· Provides an instant break and reduces frantic mental activity by centering your attention on a single issue rather than having it scattered

· Enables you to take a mental and physical break without stopping what you are doing

· Enables you  to maintain physical comfort while being mentally active.

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