Posted by sregan on November 21, 2006, at 15:51:06
In reply to Breathing exercises---help, posted by kiwiredbeach on November 20, 2006, at 3:32:32
The main idea behind breathing is to focus your mind. A runaway mind is probably THE cause of anxiety. The mind has become a beast that needs to be tamed.
Sit in a quiet place, close your eyes if you wish and focus attention on your breathing. As your mind wanders gently bring it back to your breathing.
If you want to get more sophistocated keep the length of the inbreath equal to the length of the outbreath (2 seconds in/2 seconds out).
Do you have the book "Dancing with Fear" by Foxman? It is very good.
Shawn
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