Three breathing tips for relaxing

When you are nervous or tense, people always say “keep breathing”. And it’s true that when you are nervous, tense or stressed you tend to breathe very shallow, in the top part of your chest or forget to breathe at all. Now nobody feels better or more relaxed when you are half suffocating yourself by breathing shallow or not breathing and not getting the oxygen you need.

So first of all you must focus on your breathing and try to move your breathing from the top part of your chest to your belly. Try breathing by expanding and retracting your belly instead of breathing by lifting your shoulders and chest. This way you take deeper breaths, giving you more oxygen and relaxing you. Also by focusing on your breathing, you take your mind off the thing that is making you nervous, tense or stressed.

A second breathing technique for quick relief is to breathe in, then breathe out like you are yawning with your mouth wide open. When you feel you are reaching the end of your breath, cup your mouth and lips, like whistling almost, and push the remaining air out. Then when you are out of breath, without breathing in, push/exhale forcefully three more times, like puffing. You will see you will still have some breath left in your lungs. When finished fully breath in again and repeat if you want, until you feel more relaxed. This technique forces all the air out of your lungs and making place for fresh new air, which makes you relax more.

Another tip is to wet your lips and suck the air in, breathing in, over your wet lips. The cold sensation on your lips will also calm you, making you relax more.

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