If you in your stressful life had a tool that could instantly make you:
- calm down
- quiet your mind
- relax
- focus
wouldn’t you use it every day? Especially if you were going through the emotional and physical roller coaster of a pregnancy?
Good news this tool is for free. Even better news is you already own it, for the rest of your life: your breath.
This constant companion, your own rhythm. Rocking your body discretely when at rest. Bursting your lungs under physical effort. Tightening and tensing your muscles under stress. It is yours to tame and make the most off.
Just like your breath is affected by how you feel, so can your breath affect your feelings. Notice how you breathe the next time you are stressed. Isn’t your breath shallow? What happens if you take a few longer breaths?
If you calm your breath down, you will also find that your whole system calms down.
Simultaneously, focusing on the breath will take your mind off what is stressful. As the brain can’t think two thoughts at once you will get a nice break from thoughts that are bugging you.
This basic breathing technique of focusing on your breath can be handy in particular for pregnant ladies that are preparing for the unpredictable and potentially stressful situation of giving birth.
Dear child,
As I breathe for the two of us, I do as often as I remember take deeper, fuller, richer breaths. Making sure my blood is filled with oxygen when it reaches you. You will need it to develop your own lungs.
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