Breathe into Tension

The bus

I learned that I get more from my mindfulness sessions when I close my eyes - today I tried it with my eyes open but got distracted by the other passengers on the bus.

Tension in the brain

Love yourself, be yourself. People are going to judge you for better or for worse but never let that affect who you are as a person

Unnoticed tenaion

I hadn’t realized how much tension is in my jaw!!! Doing this meditation, I realized just how much tension is there and now I am making an effort to notice more and breathe into that tension and let it go!

Breathing into tension

I️ hold tension in my chest and stomach when I️ feel stressed. Focusing on breathing into these places helps me relax.

Tension

I learned that I hold a lot of tension in my shoulders and lower back and that’s where all my stress accumulates. Taking breathes to and from these areas helped give the illusion I was slowly unwinding and didn’t feel as bad

Tension

I learned that my neck and shoulders are where I hold the most tension and need more focus

Real

A bribe it’s all bribes all we do to each other is bribe and barter until we can afford a better other

Tension

Great one tonight since I have tension and sore muscles. The breathing into the area of tension really helped alleviate my soreness.

Take a break

To just stop for a few minutes can help you be more productive for hours

Letting Go & Moving On

Focus on where the tension is and breathing into it. Life is going to throw lots at us and it’s important that in those moments we breathe. After doing this (focused on neck tension) my neck does feel better. I’ll be trying this more often

Breathing is really key

I believe that in any circumstance and situation, deep breathing truly helps relieve me of anxiety, stress, worry, and tension. It helps me relax when my mind is all over the place, running from one thought to the next. Even after 3-4 minutes of mindful breathing, I truly see a difference.

Tension

Being aware of tension and where you hold it is very important. Focusing your breathing on that specific area will help alleviate it.

Alone

I learned that I naturally experience less tension when I am home alone.

Isolate Tension

I found this to be an excellent session for isolating an area of tension and addressing it. Overall, I am a very relaxed person, but do have areas of tension from time to time. This morning my neck seemed particularly tense. This exercise worked well helping relieve the tension. I saved this meditation and I’m certain I will use it frequently. Thank you.

Breathing

Breathing is your friend. While mediating and breathing, you should notice the tension in your body when you breathe in and release all of that tension when you breathe out. Doing that can really make a big difference. I noticed the difference and I’ll be doing it more often.

Breath into the Tension

I can feel the tense spots when I’m laying flat, breath into that area, then focus to release the tension there. I’m looking forward to trying it seated at work or when I stand up after a lengthy session at my desk and start walking. Namaste

Day2

Easing back pain is trick. Breaths can be healing. Got to ease into the tension and release a bit as I exhale

importance

focusing on breathing is important and sometimes it’s the one thing keeping me alive

Breathe into tension

I have learned that breathing can release tension and that typically you create tension around the area and breathing can help relieve this.

Pain

I need to let go of things because they will eventually happen when they have to with whom they have to. Pain always ends up going away and by focusing on it I’m just making myself suffer. Also, I need to think what’s best for me regardless of what others have to say.

Tension

I hold a lot of tension in my shoulders and in my jaw. Oftentimes, I notice myself clenching my teeth, which sometimes gives me a headache. Making a conscious effort to relax and breathe through this tension during the day will help relieve my pain.

Feedback

Breathing was nice but couldn’t get the ‘breathe into tension’ to be impactful. Still have the ache in temples though. Can’t tell if I’m too smart or too stupid to ever have that work.

Breathe into tension

I learned that acknowledging the tension in your body can help it go away.

Helpful for migraine or specific attess

Helps my mind focus on something other than uncomfortable sensations

Breathe into Tension

The main tension was in my belly, so through the breathing I could focus on that

Choose to let go of worry

Worry is like a prayer that bad things might happen. Positivity is like a prayer that good things can happen. I have a choice. Worry is wasteful energy. Instead, use your energy to make good things happen. Send positivity out into the universe and it will be returned in life.

Breathing

Deep breathing exercises can calm stressful situations throughout the day.

Tension

Tension in the body can be controlled and alleviated by focusing on breathing and awareness.

Tension scans

Focusing on breathing into the tension areas allowed me to notice other areas that were holding tension as I scanned my body during the session.

An added benefit

My tension is usually in my shoulders and neck, sometimes to the point of being painful. This meditation is wonderful for focusing the breath on these points of tension. By also lowering my chin to my chest and relaxing, I know that relief is almost guaranteed. 🙏

Breathe into tension

I realized how distracted my mind is tonight. I was so lost in thoughts about tomorrow that I didn’t even become aware that I was disengaged from the meditation until it ended and all I heard was silence. Awareness here is key, even if it seems to be too late.

Releasing jaw/neck/shoulder tension

I tend to have a lot of tension in my jaw, as well as neck & shoulders. This session was so helpful in guiding me to relax and release that tension through breathing. A great way to start my day!

Breathing space into

I love that phrase, in yoga and in meditation. Breathing space is such an amazing thing to me.

Focus

Focusing on tense muscles while breathing really helps to loosen them

1/10

Returning to the breath is centering. Been feeling very anxious and self conscious. Returning to center should always be my reminder. Ashe.

Breathing

I learned that breathing is a reliable source that can help you through tension and stressful times.

Breathing into tension

I really like how this taught me to breathe to my tension. It really help release the tension I was carrying in my neck after this long day.

Tension

When our bodies have tension sometimes we tense up areas surrounding the original tense area, compounding the issue. This makes sense symbolically too.

Job tension

In my job there is a lot of driving under tense situations. I'm excited to try breathing into the tension that builds in my neck and in between my shoulders.

Breathing into the Tension

I learned that if you focus on taking your breathe to a tense or tight spot on your body you can help yourself to release that tension

Breathe into tension

I learned that you can breathe your way through tensions. I always thought that they would just eventually go away, but while I was just laying in my bed and closing my eyes while focusing on my breathing helped a lot.

Day 2

Not everyday is a good day. But awareness of my feelings and the internal and external contributors around me is essential in my getting through them.

Tension

I realized that I do get pretty tense at certain times during the day, and this meditation did help me.

Breathing into tension

I learned that the neck and upper shoulders is were stress is felt the most. The breathing exercises help to relieve tension by focusing the breath around this problem area.

Release

Breathing can really Release the tension and make you feel relaxed

Tension

You can control the tense areas of your body by focusing your breathing to those tense areas

Breathing into tension

Picturing breath entering a spot of tension and exiting that same spot gently helps relieve tensions

This morning

I learned that I need to allow myself to send the tension somewhere. A lot of the time I hold onto it and it manifests in my body and causes pain and tightness. I need to remember to breathe and let it go. Letting go is something that I struggle with. I am feeling a bit better after this but I know it’s going to take a while before I can feel happy and not stressed again. It’s a process.

Breath into tension

Breath in and out consenting on the tension to relax and relieve stress.

Guidance

I learned that what helps me a lot with these meditations is the guidance — I try to do them on my own and they work fine, but they work so much better for me when I have a coach to guide me through them. My coaches relax me, make me feel like I’m not alone.

Too much tension

Every breathe I feel a worry, stressful thoughts, me weakening. Trying to stay calm helps but a smile on my face but the heat of anger gets bottled up for later. I can’t breathe the heat away, talking about it isn’t helping either but something has to work. I just need to keep trying to find it.

Stress

I feel like so many things are on me and don’t ever focus on just myself..

Breathing into tension practice

I noticed that when I would breathe into one specific are of tension it almost seemed to compound the tension but if I broadened my focus to just breathing into the body as a whole I could release tension from all areas together and feel more relaxed.

Liked this one

I had back pain when I started and I the breathing exercise in this one really did help to alleviate some of that pain!

Good

Made me tired... I automatically got tired. Her voice was relaxing and it got rid of my back pain.

Breathing Into Tension

I am often surprised by the amount and location of the tension in my body. Mindfulness has reminded me to breathe into that tension for relief. Now the question is...how can I do that when I am sleeping?

Tension with anxiety

My anxiety is slowly lifting, I’m starting to have better days. I woke up feeling like I had to search in my brain for the stress to bring it back. This exercise made me realize I hold a lot in my back and shoulders. They hurt! I couldn’t get the back tension to improve 🙁

Tension

I tend to tense my jaw when I’m anxious. Often I’m not even aware of it until I bring attention to it as this meditation did. I’ll try to be more aware of this throughout the day and release tension through breathing when I notice it.

4/11/92

I liked a lot of the things she was saying. But for some reason her voice was distracting to me. Just personal preference I don’t know why. This is also my first seven minute practice so I don’t know if that played any factor and I tired of her voice sooner I can’t really say. I’ll have to note if her voice comes up again and I feel the same way or if it was just this practice.

Startled!

Listening to this practice, I got very relaxed...the narration slowed toward the end, and I guess I started to doze...suddenly, the narration began again, rousing me from.my lull...AND I OPENED MY EYES TO FIND MY 16 Y/O SON STANDING OVER ME! HOLY CRIPES! 😱😱😱So much for relaxation before bedtime! My heart is absolutely racing!

Tension

Breathing into and letting go of the tension in my body helped me to feel really relaxed in my mind as well

Using Breathing to Let Go

I can use my back and forth breathing patterns to let go of the chaos of stress.

Breathing for anxiety

I was amazed at how I let go of pain by breathing in and out with focus on that body part! Wow what a great exercise for people with pain throughout their body!

Breathing to release tension

I learned that breathing into the tense area works if you focus on it

Breathing into tension

I learned That if you focus on sending your breath to arias of your body where there is tension , you can release the tension in these areas. When I was doing this practice, I visualized my breath coming in and out from my neck and the place between my shoulder blades. These locations on my body are usually very tight. Afterword, my neck and shoulders felt much better, less tight, and more relaxed. I frequently carry tension in multiple parts of my body, so, I fully intend to use the skills I learned in this practice to relieve this tension in the future. Thank you to those who work for this app for putting this track together , and for teaching me how to deal with physical tension. This was very helpful. Thank you to the community on this app for taking the time to read this post. I hope you are all OK, happy, and well.