Relief From Anxiety

Calmess

I can calm myself without others. I need to teach this to my daughter.

Just breathe

By focusing on our breathing can help to alleviate that anxiety feeling so that we can gain control of our body as a whole.

Regain control

As someone who suffers from anxiety, this meditation was spot on. I have recently learned about the best ways to breathe through a panic attack (this technique) and it does truly work. Doing this meditation before I start my day reminds me that I can regain control if I start to panic. I can find peace on my own long enough for me to seek support from a trusted person, if I need it. I feel prepared for today. Thank you for sharing it.

Importance of exhaling

This was a great meditation :-) It helped re-enforce how significant a deep exhale is when breathing meditatively. After filling your body with air during the inhale, if you exhale for an even longer count, it can really add to how deeply you relax!! Thanks! 😊😌

Anxiety

As we extend our exhalation our anxiety softens and eventually disappears. A great tool. Children should learn it is easy and effective.

Breath

I was reminded of the scripture: I live and breathe in Christ.

Anxiety

I must comment on our instructor Dorothy, I personally find the tone of voice, tempo of speech , content of the message extremely relaxing and effective. My anxiety level without question drops during practice and hopefully continues to during my daily routine. Thank you Dorothy.

Releasing anxiety involves the breath

I learned that my breathing exhalations are a tool for releasing anxiety.

Second meditation

Breath is very important to relax. Take longer exhales then inhales. It changes the nervous system to parasympathetic.

Breath

I learned that breathing and time can help calm the mind and spirit and that taking just a few minutes to regulate your breathing can be extremely helpful and calming.

Breath

Breathing can be a form of relaxation and is helpful when trying to reduce anxiety or stress.

Day one

Being conscious of the control you have over your breath is great for focusing on and keeping my head from running off with my thoughts. Awesome session, much to learn.

Lovely

Today I learned that with some Extended breathing who knew that could do the trick to all this anxiety I must do this again felt amazing afterwards thank you 💛🙏🏻

Tools

This made me remember how important it is to check in with my body when I experience feelings of anxiety. Oftentimes, a key tool into calming myself will come from my body itself.

Relaxing and stress relieving

I wouldn't have thought that I could measure and extend my inhalations and exhalations, but apparently, I take in a good deal more air when breathing in than I have ever noticed! I can breathe in for a three or four count, but forcibly exhale for a five or six count without a problem! Good exercise! Relaxing. Hopefully I'll find that it helps lower my dangerously high blood pressure as described! ***saved for future use ***

I feel soothed

I love finding new ways to control the way I am currently feeling through something as simple as breathing which I can do at any time.

Meditation 1

I learned that it take practice. Faster inhale = Faster exhale.

Feeling more in tune with my breathing.

This is the first meditation I have done that has told me to focus specifically on a deep, long exhalation and I found it to be very helpful and calming. Very inspiring and I hope to integrate this to all meditation and my life in general.

I learned that

In order to calm ourselves we can take longer exhales and inhales and focus on our breathing

Ride the Wave All The Way to The Shore

The long exhale felt like I was on a board riding in towards the shoreline and the ride kept going and going.....

Day three

Relaxing on my breathing so I won’t go into panic attacks, trying to be a better me, from what I’m going through.

I learned that

I can control how it is Im feeling a lot more easily than I thought

Breathing

I learned that self control starts with your breathing and calming down. It's hard for me. I'm so jumpy all the time.

Doing

Breath and vibrate all center on one a point with no edge a middle with no top or bottom

Breathe

Was feeling extremely irritated about having to change plans yet again for the 5th time and remembered to take a few minutes to breathe, and realize that I have to be flexible especially during this time and focus on what I really wanted to achieve today

meditate

you’ve got to meditate to elevate.the focus of breathing has relaxed me

I learned that...

Breathing in a controlled manner is difficult but do-able. It just takes a lot of practice and today is only Day 2 for me. I WILL persevere!

Exhale

It was difficult to focus at first because my mind was racing, but the extended exhale shifted my focus completely to my lungs/chest. What a calming feeling.

BREATHE

Breathing makes all the difference. I started out with huge butterflies in my stomach, now i feel great and refreshed

Breathing

It is simple and it is Very effective. Fellow meditators! do it!!

Helpful breathing

I had a hard day, and this meditation was helpful in reacquainting myself away from anxiety towards a more relaxed at peace self.

Effective

I started with a panic attack before listening to this then slowly became more at ease.

Full Exhalation

I find that focusing on full exhalation helps me let go of the stress and tension with each focused breath.

Breathing Regulation

I learned that a longer exhalation allows for you nervous system to switch and be more open to relaxation.

Relax

I learned that exhaling longer relieves worries and stress. This strategy can help with very stressful problems and situations.

Relief from anxiety

I learned that having a longer exhalation can lead you to a more relaxed state.

What my anxiety feels like

It’s constantly losing myself only to realize I need to wake up to find myself again is exhausting. And it only stops for a little while, only for this never ending cycle to start all over again.

That so much is about the breath.

An very good thing about this site is reading others comments and personal responses. These are short Meditations so, for me, reading and typing slows me down. Happy New Year to my invisible friends.

Meditation and breathing

Can really help with managing anxiety and that walking and practicing controlled breathing is great for feeling good.

Worrying about the future, esp. $

In this moment, I am OK. Getting anxious about something I can not control right now does not serve me. When I am feeling anxious, getting ahead of myself, and letting worry about the future make me feel badly, I can come back to my breath. With my breath, in this moment, everything is OK.

Clean complete breaths

I needed this after two days of struggling to not let stress dominate my consciousness. Really focusing on the exhalation helped me relax and slow down, and drop the rock of worry I’ve been carrying.

Meditated so hard I cried

Deep breathing really helps calm me down and I’ve had such a stressful day this was so cathartic.

1/14/18

Anxiety is the lack of mindfulness. May help combatting it.

Being love

A longer out breath is a very quick way to relax I will work on building that into everyday

Breathe & meditate

By just taking a minute and regulating your breathing can calm the mind and soul. When focusing on my breathing, it alleviates my anxiety which allows me to gain more control of my body. My mind is less able to wander when I am conscious of my breathing.

Helpful

I found a long exhalation very helpful. I calmed down and no longer felt so stressed out.

Exalacion

Concentrarse en exhalaciones el doble de tiempo que la inhalación , ayuda a resolver ansiedad

Breathing

I didn’t realize focusing on my breathing so much can relax me and make me feel better

Breath and meditating

It’s so important to take time to just be with my breath and notice it. I have really started being more in the present moment.

Relief from anxiety

I learned that breath carefully helps to liberate our mind. Love the tone of voice of Dorothy helps me to relax making this session easy. Thank you!!!

Focus on breathing out.

I had always focused on deep breaths in. And sometimes that made my heart race even more. But I found by elongating the exhalation it relaxed me more. Thank you

Breathe

The deep breathing put me to sleep! Wow- that was great! I felt like I was in a trans

Breathe

I’ve been trying to focus on my breathing in my daily life whenever I feel anxious or stressed. I think exhaling for longer may be an additional trick that can help me stay calm.

Exhale!

Simple but effective tool... increasing the length of my exhale I can recenter any where and any time with this mindfulness breathing technique!

Breathing

I learned that focusing on your breathing can help you to relax

Breathing

Breathing is so important when you feel anxious wow I never thought I could calm down by breathing more deeply and slower.

breathing

i learned that taking a deep breath and just letting it all out nice and slowly, takes the weight off

Serenity

Being around my family during the difficult year that I had last year has been a real blessing. But at the same time, I still feel like I am troubled trying to find my inner peace.

Full Exhalation

Great practice of ridding the body of the anxiety through the counting down of the exhale. Very nice practice. Thank you.

Slowing down

I learned that whenever I am rushing around, becoming conscious of my breath will relax me.

relief

i have been feeling very stressed and anxious lately and doing this meditation before bed really felt great and i felt such a sense of relief

I liked it

I learned that I need to take deep breaths to calm me down which is good

Pleasantly surprised

I didn’t think it would work so good but I honestly feel less tense :)

Silence is golden

It did feel good and relaxing just to breath in the silence, although I kept thinking after a long silence maybe I had fallen asleep and missed something! But really, what is there to miss? Namaste

I learned that I can learn

Loved this teacher’s calming voice and simple yet scientific explanation of how to relieve anxiety

Calmer than b4

Although her voice is annoying what she said rang true to me and i can really see the benefits of longer exhales

Relief from anxiety

The ambient background sounds , music and pace in which Dorothy speaks simply adds to a wonderfully therapeutic and magical experience.

14/06/19

I noticed myself becoming more relaxed as I gradually extended my exhalations. By focusing on the slowing down of my breath I was able to avoid unwanted thoughts and achieve clarity of mind.

ADHD

Taking time to regroup at the end of the workday helps my next morning go more smoothly

I liked the beginning

Good one, helped with some anxiety. It’s hard for me to hold focus

Taking a moment

I am learning the importance of taking a moment to yourself when anxious. It helps to step back and focus completely on just my breathing. love this meditation <3

Extraordinarily helpful

Really helped me go from shallow to deep breathing. Gave me some anxiety relief and helped my stomach open up. Thank you so much!

So calming

I went from a racing mind and upset stomach to feeling relaxed within just a few breaths. Feeling better, thank you.