Breath Reset for an Active Mind

Reset your breathing:

If you have an active brain, thoughts, and mind,

Tactile touch is a great way to ground an active mind and self.

Having something active to do and think about can be a great way to access breathing, focus meditation, and find mind release.

Especially if you find it harder to just breathe.

If you have thought,

Why can I not just breathe, or just relax?

Why does my mind run and keep thinking of x, y, a, b, g?

This one might be for you.

Five finger breathing is a wonderful breathing prompt to ease for sleep, to ground, and to slow things down with an intentional focus.

Dive in with me!

Gently touch your index finger to the side of your palm near your thumb. Draw a line up your thumb and slow inhale. Follow the line up and over and down the other side to the inner curve, slowly exhaling. Continue inhale trace up and exhale follow down. All the way to one your pinky finger and slowly work your way back.

Gently soften or close your eyes to add to this moment of grounding.

Through tactile touch and having a specific pattern to follow, ground into, and find flow within,

it can help to give you a clear focus, intention, and sense of pace.

Tactile touch and intentional breath patterns are also wonderful if you experience anxiety, stress, overthinking, panic, or running thoughts.

If you find yourself anxious, tense, breathing small and fast, not the verge of fight or flight, feeling panic,

Slowing down your breathing and using tactile touch is a wonderful way to help distill and ground.

Touching your hand, your hands to your ribcage, to your belly, pressing your arms into the wall.

Taking long full breaths.

Exhale letting all the air slowly out, out, out, out, out.

Fully letting your inhale fill with a soft hold before fully releasing all the air out.

Letting your breathing soften down away from your neck, top of your shoulders, and head,

and down into your lungs, ribcage, belly, and pelvic floor.

Grounding yourself back into your body and back into the present moment.

5 finger breathing is a fantastic tool to prepare for sleep, to ease from a hectic day, and to drop into the present moment.