If you are habitually excitable, anxious, or just speeding
around in a Type A manner you are acting like a tiger is chasing you all the
time. By using your breath in a conscious way you can turn off your adrenal
glands and move out of fight-or-flight and into the relaxed mode that allows
for good digestion, tuned in sex, and a healthier life in general. Blood pressure can be reduced. Not to mention
the mental pressure.
Daily
practice:
Lie on your back, with knees bent up and feet on the floor
to relax your lower belly. Gently place
one hand on your belly and one hand on your chest to help you gauge where your
breath is going. Just breath naturally in this position for a few breaths,
becoming aware of the speed, depth, and location of your normal breath.
Now, breathing through your nose, take a DEEP, slow breath
in that fills up your belly like a balloon. The hand on your belly should go up
first, then filling the lungs all the way up to the top, your chest hand will
go up too.
When it’s time to exhale gently and slowly(don’t hold your
breath!) letting the air out of your chest first, feeling that hand sink down
as it empties and then, the belly hand goes down at the end of the full exhale.
Don’t force the breath, so much as open up to it coming in
and then let the natural force of the air let it move itself back out, in its
own time. If you force the breath out you may hyperventilate and feel dizzy or
tingling in the fingers. ( If that happens, cup your hands around your nose and
mouth and rebreathe your air to bring the balance back to your O2/CO2 levels.)
Continue the gentle, deep breathing for about five
minutes—or longer if you want.
Throughout
the day:
Whenever you start to notice you’re “revving up” , take a
short breathing break. You don’t have to
lie down, just do it sitting or standing upright. Take at least 3 deep slow gentle
breaths—you’ll turn down the adrenals and relax. YOU DON”T HAVE TO BE TENSE TO ACCOMPLISH
THINGS!!!
More helps:
Maya Abdominal Therapy can be helpful in relaxing the upper
and lower abdomen and making it easier to take deep breaths. Other helps to turning off the adrenals can
be Rescue Remedy or herbs that Terra can recommend. Adrenal health is important for overall
health, hormonal balance, and healthy menopause.
WiseWomanhood
women’s holistic health
throughout the female lifecycle
Terra Rafael, Registered Midwife & Ayurvedic
Practitioner
Ayurveda – Maya Abdominal Therapy – Reiki – Flower Essences
– Fertility Awareness
720.628.5015
wisewomanhood@gmail.com
