Relaxed Breathing

You can use breathing to relax quickly and to get control of the situation.

Deep and regular breathing

When under heavy pressure, this will help to change your superficial, tight and often short breathing into a deep and constant breathing.Start your inhalation from your belly, to your ribs and midriff. Finally up to the upper part of your chest. For breathing out, do the same thing the other way round - from your chest - to your belly again.

Relaxed breathing - cope stress

This type of breathing makes sure that the energy that you will need to get things under control again flows into you and is a bit similar to the way you breathe during sports, for instance.

Deep and regular breathing - cope stress

Your breathing is not high, superficial, and uneven anymore. Mind you, you are still in a state of agitation but you are in control again.

Long exhalations

Often only a few long, deep exhalations are enough to relax. The exhalations must be longer than the inhalations.

Long exhalations - cope stress

Through this type of breathing, we trigger the relaxation response that should slowly take us back to the balance in which normally, we are relaxed.

Natural, relaxed breathing

Natural - relaxed breathing - cope stress

Here, we let the breathing have its way and do whatever it likes. We observe without controlling it. There should be no tension and everything goes smoothly and wonderful!