Tara Rama

And How to Make them Work

Summary

• Breathing exercises can be valuable but common advice misses the point of their purpose and why it’s necessary.
• There needs to be a result of the exercise: process the emotion to have it move our of your body.
• The exercise involves full and intentional breath.
• With each breath, on the exhale you check in with your body (Body Scan).
• The body scan with intentional breaths lasts between one and two minutes. (30 minutes of yoga is not needed).
• Once you feel movement of the identified sensation in your body you can go about your day.
• Continuously acknowledging and honouring the emotion as it exits your body allows you to process it as you do other things.

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