Heart Focused Breathing
Heart Focused Breathing is a Hearth Math exercise that helps bring us back into a centered state, reducing those adrenaline chemicals norepinephrine and epinephrine and calm the body, which in turn can calm the mind and bring you to a calmer state. It also can help support decision making in the moment our response to stimuli in the moment and how we react to stressors. This style of breathing is about directing your attention to the heart area and breathing a little more deeply than normal. As you breathe in, imagine you are doing so through your heart, and, as you breathe out, imagine it is through your heart.
The Heart-Focused Breathing Technique is an easy to use, energy saving self-regulation strategy. It is designed to reduce the intensity of a stress reaction and to establish a calm, but alert state. The technique allows you to take a time-out where you can step back and neutralize your depleting emotions. We can benefit from conscious breathing, if we use it to help us shift into and sustain a more balanced state.
Suggestions for when to practice the Heart-Focused Breathing Technique:
Stop the impact of stress on your body.
Help neutralize emotional reactions in the moment.
Eliminate the energy drain.
Remove the drama or significance of a situation.
