QIGONG Strategies for Managing STRESS & ANXIETY
Overcoming anxiety after it's developed into a major difficulty in your life can often be confusing and upsetting. However, anxiety disorders are very treatable problems.
Here's the first of 4 effective strategies to help you relax & overcome anxiety.
1). 5 Finger Qigong Meditation- click this link- http://youtu.be/cQs5NmrSvKA
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Qigong for Anxiety (continued)
2). INSTANT RELAXATION: 1. Take a deep breath & hold it in. 2. Tense EVERY muscle in your body for 5-10 seconds. 3. Release & relax every muscle as you slowly exhale.
3). 1-3-2 BREATHING: Example- inhale through your nose deep into your belly (expanding your belly) for 6 seconds. Hold your breath for 18 seconds. Exhale for 12 seconds drawing your belly in & up contracting your abdominal muscles to fully exhale all the spent air out of your lungs. Repeat 6-12 times. NOTE: ON ALL BREATHING EXERCISES PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO FULLY EXHALING. ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS OF ANXIETY IS FEELING LIKE YOU CAN'T BREATHE. THE KEY TO CHANGING THIS PATTERN IS TO FULLY EXHALE. ONCE YOU HAVE FULLY EXHALED, IT BECOMES EASIER TO TAKE A FULL INHALE.
4). GLOBAL HEALING AFFIRMATION:
All Energy Channels are OPEN. Vital Energies are ABUNDANT. My Health is VIBRANT. OUR EARTH IS HEALTHY. OUR WORLD IS AT PEACE. ALL IS WELL & SO IT IS.
Inhale slowly through your nose, deep into the lowest part of your belly. Exhale slowly. Pause. Repeat often.
Try these strategies & practice the ones you find most helpful DAILY or whenever you begin to experience symptoms of anxiety. I hope you find inner peace with these practices.
Take great care. Ch'i Blessings. Scott