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The Staircase Breath

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Hilary Jackendoff
Yoga Nidra, Meditation, & Sleep Expert
This meditation is a simple, soothing, focused breathing practice that will help you learn a new way to quickly shift your state of mind. To begin, we will become aware of our natural breath, and then we will begin to breathe consciously - expanding the breath to create a 3 part inhalation - abdomen, chest and upper chest, followed by a long, smooth exhalation. *With this practice, it is important to go at your own pace, so there is no straining around the breath*
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Cyndee ๐ŸŒŠ
The Staircase Breath (new technique)
This type of breathing technique is new to me and I found it very beneficial. I decided to lay down for this one and it made it easy to focus and relax at the end of my evening. I liked separating my inhalation into three different stages and holding my breath for a second before moving onto the next stage. I also like the period of normal breathing particularly at the end. I think this one will be very helpful when Iโ€™m feeling anxious.
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Matthew
I interesting technique
I found that I do best breathing in through my nose for filling my lungs, and through my mouth to fill the belly/abdomen. I was already feeling sort of short of breath from an extremely busy morning of activities, but Cyndeeโ€™s recommendation had me trying this one out. Donโ€™t know if Iโ€™ll be trying this technique again in the future. But I tried!
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Kim
I loved this practice. So soothing and gentle. I love the way I feel.
The hardest part was trying to NOT alter my breathe. I kept wanting to breathe deeper, more slowly. I discovered again that my natural breathe can be very shallow. While it feels very good to breathe more deeply and slowly, there was a certain freedom in just letting myself breath normally. I got to know my breath much more intimately.
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Jessica
Unique
This is a unique practice โ€” Iโ€™ve never done another like it. While I have done meditations where the narrator asks you to split the exhale into three parts, Iโ€™ve never done one where the narrator asks you to split the inhale into three parts. Even more, she divides the inhale into three sections: abdomen, chest, and upper chest. This is a meditation that accomplished what many failed to do: keep me interested.