In this guided meditation we focus on extending the exhale.

How the body breathes can tell you much about what you are experiencing.

You may find your breath shallow and rapid when you're anxious or angry. However, when you are resting, the breath slows down and is often deeper.

Whenever you are experiencing anxiety, anger, or other emotions that increase the heart rate, you can re-balance your entire body by simply extending your exhale and bringing your breath into your awareness again.

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In this 10 minute guided meditation I'll share how deep breathing practices

can influence your autonomic nervous system, relax your body, and improve your immune system.

Your breath is the only thing you control, enabling you to proactively affect your "involuntary nervous system." Also known as the 'autonomic' nervous system.

Deep breathing techniques to decrease the sympathetic nervous system and increase the parasympathetic nervous system is important.

Why?

Because when the sympathetic nervous system is dominant, your breathing is fast, short, and shallow.

And believed to be the major contributor to migraines.

And chronic pain of all kinds.

When the parasympathetic nervous system is activated,

you breathe slower, deeper, and longer.

Restoring balance to your system and optimizing your health. Your goal in breath-work is to change your breathing qualities, and focus on making your breath deeper,

longer, quieter, regular, and slower as often as possible.

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