BREATHING EXCERSIZES

(take several deep breaths to relax your body...inhale slowly while silently counting up to seven....when you have reached seven,exhale slowly as you count to ten. inhale again, this time for a count of eight....exhale for a count of twelve. your exhale should always be longer than your inhale.)

~CREATING A NEED FOR OXYGEN~

~Inhale and, while holding your breath in, move your abdominal muscles up and down six times.....exhale, and do not inhale again until you have again moved the abdominal muscles up and down six times. (you will probly find your abdomen much stronger than you would have thought) now breathe normally for ten deep breaths, and see weather it seems easier and more natural now to breathe fully. you have created an appotite for oxygen.~

( this is an ancient technique used in yoga)

~press with your finger on your right nostrol to close it.....inhale slowly through the left nostril for a count to ten or longer, until you feel that both lungs are filled to their fulliest capacity. while holding the breath in for a moment, take your finger off the right nostril and close the left instead, and exhale through the right nostril for ten counts or more. let the air go out slowly as possible...keep the left nostril pressed closed. your taking air in through one nostril...and exspelling it threw the other,then inhaling through the one you just exhaled from.)

~*~BREATHING AFFIRMATIONS~*~

as you inhale tell yourself.......

"I am breathing in confidence" as you exhale tell yourself "I breath out self doubt"

"I breath in clarity" "I breath out confusion"

"I exhale anxiety" "I INHALE PEACE"

*begin your breathing affirmations with positive statements which seem realistic to you. the more you practice affirmations, the more power you will have to make them real*