Two Simple Mindful Breathing Techniques
Jewel, right? She’s an actual gem. I loved her in the nineties. And I love her now with her simple approach to mindfulness. Clearly we’re soul sisters because we both use these easy breezy breathing techniques.
‘Counting Breath’ and ‘Box Breathing’ are my go-to techniques throughout the day—to calm my mind and squelch panicky feelings… hey, thanks PSTD.
Sometimes I use them to simply relax and take a break from the multi-tasking mayhem that is my life.
I’ll just let Jewel explain. She’s perfection.
Try these tomorrow. It’s life changing.
Side note: My husband’s name is Adrian. We started dating around the time Jewel’s song “Adrian” was popular. It creeped me out and left with me an irrational fear of canoeing. But nothing a little box breathing can’t fix. 😉
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