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Breath Work and The Mind

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 Breathe deeper than you ever have! When you challenge yourself to breathe deeply everything moves within your body. The movement of your ribs massages your spine. Your brain and your spine never stop sending signals to the body. Breathing deeply will wake up your mind in a good way, like a clean caffeine buzz without the jitters. Inhaling and exhaling deeply will increase your metabolism, removes excess carbon dioxide, and wakes up your mind. As your mind settles down into a more productive way your body responds. Your brain is a muscle, learning how to control your breath you will inadvertently control your mind, but you must learn how to focus on the breath. During your breath work add a one- word mantra, like joy or compassion.  Try exhaling out of your mouth all the air you can, then inhale in through your nose as much as you can. Repeat this on a 6 count. Find a rhythm. Continue for as long as you can. Now exhale out your mouth, inhale through your nose expand your belly...

Yoga Guided Meditation with Breath Work

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  EXERCISE  Your Mind. Emotion is key. You must feel happy, excited and be in the moment to receive more. How do you get there? The feeling of gratitude to have a job, a home, to be alive is the key. If you complain you will tie yourself to your complaint. I have a friend who plays the slot machines and always wins. I watched her just play and enjoy herself. She laughs, giggles, taps the machine and pets it like its alive. On the other side of the spectrum, I have watched people spiral out of control over frivolous situations. If you could put your attitude in check, would you do it? Or do you choose to stay where you are? I used to have the worst anxiety, to the point where I ended up in the E.R. because I could not breathe. This is the worst feeling, my chest hurt and my breathing was constricted. If I could just take a breath this awful spiraling would end. Breath work allows the busy mind to focus on intentional breathing. Remember to do a little every day. One day you ...