Breathe through your nose! I'm an anxiety and qualified breathwork coach. The first thing I do with my clients when we start working together is to look at their functional breathing. Let's do that with you now. Is your mouth open or closed? When you breathe with your mouth open you offload more carbon dioxide. We need carbon dioxide to extract the oxygen from the air we are breathing. By mouth breathing we're breathing inefficiently, and giving our bodies less oxygen. This will cause the brain to send danger signals out, making us feel more anxious and so we mouth breathe and so on and so on. To change this, be aware throughout the day of how you are breathing. Constantly check in - ask yourself mouth or nose? Most people that I see with anxiety have become habitual mouth breathers and it's not until they become consciously aware of it, that they notice they are doing it. It's a tiny change with a huge impact. #anxietyhacks #breathwork #anxietytips #helpwithanxiety #anxietycoach

This breathing technique will reduce levels of anxiety immediately. You can use it throughout the day, whenever you need and just before bed to make sure you get a good night's sleep. It's called coherence breathing and this is how we do it. Inhale through the nose for a count of 6, exhale through the nose for a count of 6. We're aiming to reduce the number of breaths we take in a minute down to 6 (from 12-15 normally) This will bring your nervous system into parasympathetic (rest & digest state) quickly. #anxietycoach #breathwork #anxietytips #anxietyhacks

This is such a simple fix that it shouldn't work, but it does - like a dream. Most of my clients with anxiety have developed dysfunctional breathing habits. One of these is that they breathe very shallowly, into their chest. When in a one to one with a client yesterday I noticed that as my client was talking she was taking quick, shallow breaths between words. When I mentioned this she didn't know she was doing it. It had become such a habit. Breathing shallowly into the upper chest, as opposed to the belly will send your body into an aroused state. The anxious feelings will get greater, causing you to breathe faster, increasing the anxious feelings and so on. Here's how to correct it. Put one hand on your chest and one hand on your belly. Breathe through your nose so that you lower hand rises more than your upper. This will take practice so do it several times during the day until it becomes easier. . #anxietyhacks #anxietycoach #breathwork #anxietyhelp #anxietytips #helpwithanxiety

I mean low, slow, deep breathing! When you are anxious you can develop a pattern of breathing shallow & fast for most of the day. This gives your brain & body the signal that there's a problem,, your body is aroused ready for fight & flight. A lot of my clients have got into such a habit of mouth breathing, they don't realise they are doing it. By breathing like this the whole time your body will be in a constant state of arousal. If you change your breathing consciously and think long, slow, deep using the technique I show you in the video it will have an impact on your levels of anxiety immediately. #BreathingTechniques #AnxietyRelief #Mindfulness #HealthyHabits #BreatheBetter #StressReduction #MentalHealth #CalmYourMind #WellnessJourney #PeaceOfMind

Alternate Nostril breathing or nadi shodhana is a great way to balance the body. The left nostril (Called ida in sanskrit) stimulates female energy - calming, soothing, grounding and is represented by the moon. The right nostril (pingala in sanskrit) generates the male energy - powerful, strong, determined and fiery. This nostril is represented by the sun. We inhale with the nostril that we want to stimulate the energy related to - so for female energy we inhale through the left nostril and exhale right and the opposite for male energy. #breathworkcoach #breathwork #anxiety #nervoussystem #nervoussystemregulation

Follow with the video and relax for 60 seconds with box breathing #breathwork #anxietyhacks #anxietyrelief #stressreduction

Stop scrolling and spend just one minute to feel more relaxed. This is coherence breath - follow along with the video and try it with me. It works by using the nose to breathe, which will send calming signals to the mind and body. In this technique we are reducing our breathing rate from 12-15 breaths per minute to 6 breaths per minute. If you find a count of 6 too much to start, start at 4 or 5 and work up to 6 as you become more relaxed . #anxietyhelp #anxietyhacks #anxietytips #breathwork #anxietycoach

4,7,8 breathing is great if you have trouble falling to sleep or if you wake up in the night and can't get back to sleep again. As per most of the calming types of breathwork, we are only using the nose to inhale and exhale and the exhale is longer than the inhale. We inhale for a count of 4, hold for a count of 7 and exhale for a count of 8. If you feel particularly anxious when you start this, you may find the holding for 7 and exhaling for 8 challenging. If you do, try holding for 6 and exhaling 7. After a few rounds, you should find that you can do the 7 hold and 8 exhale. #anxiety #breathworkcoach #anxietyhelp #nervoussystem #nervoussystemregulation #breathwork

Humming bee breath is one of my favourite types of breathwork. It combines the benefits of breathwork and sound. It's called Brahmari in Sanskrit - brahmara in Sanskrit means large black bee and once you watch the video - you'll see why it's called this. This breathwork is great for calming and grounding #anxiety #anxietyhelp #breathworkcoach #breathworkcoach #nervoussystem #nervoussystemregulation