Breathing TIP

[mirry]

After reading my Dinah Bradley book last night about hyperventilation, she
recommends when you want to get your breathing into your stomach (instead of your chest) a usefull way to do this is to put your arms above your head, by doing this your body has no choice but to breath into your stomach :yesyes: . So I tried it last night and wow it really works , although may look strange when shopping ,lol.

Its a very good book .

[franklin2003]

This is a great tip!!! May look odd, but who cares if it is a step in our recovery, just pretend you're stretching or something. I'd rather look odd and enjoy shopping than be at home wishing i'd be out shopping! Great tip!

[jo61]

LOL MIrry with the shopping!! Good tip. Thanks.

[julieb]

perhaps you could pretend to be reaching for something from a high shelf mirry? lol

ju x

[Piglet]

Lol Mirry well I for one will try that when I'm out - I lay on the pavement in the interests of therapy didn't I, so this will be a peice of cake!!

I love her book too!!!

Love Piglet :flowers:

[bet]

what I find helps me is to place the tip of my tongue on the roof of my mouth(palate I think its called) at where my 2 front teeth meet.

I read it in a book ages ago(cant rem title of book).apparently it is a calming energy point.

worth a try anyway.

bet :hugs:

[jojo.72]

thanks for the tip hun, im just learning how to breath properly and its a lot harder than it sounds, so any tips are very much appreciated. I am soooo happy that iv stumbled across this site its really inspiring in so many ways.

Jo xxxx:)

[Nechtan]

Thanks for the tips. This is something I have had trouble doing and something I really want to be able to do. I'll try that later.

all the best

Nechtan