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minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 days agoBreathe. Stop, take a moment, breathe. In through the nose, hold for four, out through the mouth, hold for four.
minus-squareImpleader@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·6 days agoMindfulness is more important now than ever. “You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day - unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour.”
minus-squareZiglin (they/them)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoThat just made me more anxious??
minus-squarelatenightnoir@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 days agoGotta keep doing it, I generally spend five to ten minutes just focusing on breathing. And you really have to try to focus just on your breathing, really feel and monitor the air flowing into, then out of your lungs. Edit: oh, and do it at a steady pace, otherwise you’ll end up hyperoxygenating your brain and feeding the anxiety (ask me how I know…).
Breathe. Stop, take a moment, breathe. In through the nose, hold for four, out through the mouth, hold for four.
Mindfulness is more important now than ever.
“You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes every day - unless you’re too busy; then you should sit for an hour.”
That just made me more anxious??
Gotta keep doing it, I generally spend five to ten minutes just focusing on breathing.
And you really have to try to focus just on your breathing, really feel and monitor the air flowing into, then out of your lungs.
Edit: oh, and do it at a steady pace, otherwise you’ll end up hyperoxygenating your brain and feeding the anxiety (ask me how I know…).