3 Cooling Breathing Techniques to Try
Become Cool & Calm in Seconds
Ever feel your body overheat? Or become so angry, you literally felt hot? I want to share 3 simple and easy breathing techniques you can try to regulate and stabilize the body temperature in the body.
Standard Cooling Breath: This is my go to throughout the day personally.
Sitting up right, aligned spine, aligned mind. Eyes closed and shoulders relaxed.
Exhale first to make space for your inhale! This is really important if you struggle to take deep breaths or practice breathwork.
Inhaling through the nose actively, exaggerating the length of this inhale. Belly is filling up.
Pausing at the top for a moment.
Through lightly pursed lips as if you’re blowing through a straw, actively blow the air out and empty the belly.
Sitali Cooling Breath: Known to reduce anger specifically. The word “Sitali” is sanskrit for “cooling.”
Finding a comfortable seated position, close down the eyes. Relax the shoulders.
Exhaling first, emptying the lungs.
Curl your tounge, curling the edges towards the center creating a tube to inhale air through. Stick the end of the tongue out between your pursed lips. If you can’t roll your tongue, purse your lips instead, making a small “o” shape with your mouth. Or even open the mouth just enough to see the teeth and suck air in on the sides of the teeth.
Find the top of the breath and pause for a comfortable moment.
Your choice to either exhale through the nose or through that same funnel you’ve created in the mouth.
Alternate Nostril Breathing: Find your balance and ease.
Finding a comfortable seated position, close down the eyes and bring awareness to your natural breath.
Closing off the left nostril only, inhale through the right nostril.
Find the top of the breath and hold.
When ready, close off the right nostril this time, exhaling out of the left nostril.
To continue, you then inhale through the left nostril, pause at the top, exhale opposite nostril.