Exercise

Deep Breathing Exercise and deep breathing releaves stress and takes your mind off your worries. It keeps you active and feeling better about yourself, improving your self-esteem.

This exercise is one I devised myself so feel free to modify it as you see fit. If you have any physical problems be sure to check with your physician before attempting this exercise!

Position 1 This is the start position
Let your shoulders release tension and let your neck begin to relax by letting your head and your arms hang limp, totally relaxed. Do not try to activately relax, just let it come naturally, letting your thoughts drift off where ever they may. Now start to control your breathing until you can feel your diaphragm expanding when you breath in then let your breath out before beginning.

Position 2

Take in a deep breath filling your diaphragm

Position 3

Keep breathing in

Position 4

Just a little more

Position 5

Hold your breath while you begin stretching.

Position 6

Start with the neck, pulling it back as far as comfortable.

Position 7

Then stretch it forward.

Position 8

Now stretch your neck first to one side

Position 9

then to the other side.

Position 10

Now stretch your back, first leaning back from the waist

Position 11

then leaning forward.

Position 12

From a straight up position stretch to one side from the waist

Position 13

straighten up

Position 14

then stretch to the other side.

Position 15

and straighten up right again.

Position 4

Now slowly start to let the air out of your lungs

Position 17

Slowly let it all out

Position 18

Clear it all out

Last Position

Then totally relax.

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Do this exercise four times facing four different directions or as many times as you are comfortable with, perhaps starting with no stretching then gradually add the stretching then increasing the number of times you do it. Have fun!

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