Posted by kiwiredbeach on November 22, 2006, at 3:02:00
In reply to Re: Breathing exercises---help » kiwiredbeach, posted by sregan on November 21, 2006, at 15:51:06
Very interesting replyCan you tell me if your breathing exercises has helped your anxiety
> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> Do you have the book "Dancing with Fear" by Foxman? It is very good.
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> Shawn
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