Topic 9 – How to practice Calm Breathing
How to Do It
- Sit comfortably in a chair with your back straight and feet on the floor.
- Find your belly button and cover it with your hand.
- Breath in through your nose as you push against your hand so your stomach expands outwards. Imagine you are blowing up a balloon (stomach) and the inhalation ends when the ‘balloon is full’.
- Breath out through your mouth, deflating the balloon until your belly collapses a little underneath your hand.
- Repeat. Try to build up to 21 breathes
- Practice regularly.
- You can also practice lying on your back.
Here’s a brief guided video to on the Diaphragmatic Breathing Technique produced by Jivan Sharma