Anxiety Free: Stop worrying and quieten your mind - Featuring the Buteyko Breathing Method and Mindfulness
Patrick McKeownamazon.com
Anxiety Free: Stop worrying and quieten your mind - Featuring the Buteyko Breathing Method and Mindfulness
If you are angry with an enemy, you are the first victim.
Ensure that you relax your tummy and chest. Keep your chest still as you breathe!
Only by bringing your breathing volume to normal levels can you deal with the physiological aspects of stress and anxiety.
A mind that is being observed is an unsuitable environment for anxiety and depression to take root. Both require a lack of awareness as a suitable breeding ground.
Let go of constant control and see what life brings you. It is the understanding that you literally have to do nothing and let life do it for you.
For many people, Western society is a cop out. We have graduated into instant gratification, looking for the quick fix and not wanting to take responsibility for our own lives.
The calmer and quieter you breathe, the larger your blood vessels open, enabling better circulation and distribution of oxygen throughout the body, including the brain. Oxygenate your brain—breathe less.
Meditation, feeling the inner body, following the breath and stilling the mind develops the right side of the brain.
Remember that when you reduce your breathing, you are improving blood flow and oxygenation of the brain.