INHALE AND EXHALE
M.I.N.D Step 2
Choose one of the following breathing exercises to help focus on inhaling and exhaling
FOLLOW YOUR BREATH
Breathe in, follow your breath into your nose, down your throat, into your chest and into your tummy.
As you exhale feel your breath leave your tummy, your chest, your throat and out through your nose.
Practise this a few more times to feel serene, serene, serene.
BALANCED BREATH
Place one hand on your tummy and one hand on your chest.
Breathe in through your nose for a count of 1, 2, 3, notice how your hands move.
Breathe out through your mouth for a count of 1, 2, 3, notice how your hands move.
Practise this a few more times to feel calm, calm, calm.
POWERFUL BREATH
Close your eyes and feel your inhale breath flow into your nose.
Count how long you can breathe in for, be calm and controlled.
Exhale your breath by blowing out of your mouth.
Count how long you can breathe out for, be calm and controlled.
Practise this a few more times to feel peace, peace, peace.