Hey everyone. Welcome back to the Anxiety Slayer Podcast. This is Ananga and this week we're sharing a

grounding breathing practice to wrap up this month's theme where we've been talking

about anxiety and how it can often leave us

feeling disassociated or disconnected. We hope you enjoy the practice and we'll be

back next week for a new topic to take us through the month of June.

The grounding breath.

I invite you to sit down quietly.

Close your eyes.

Let your shoulders relax.

Let your jaw relax.

Take a deep breath and let your hands relax.

Your legs and knees and feet soft and relaxed. and now bring your awareness to your lower abdomen around.

And now bring your awareness to your lower abdomen, around and just behind the area of your naval, and begin to take deep, slow, and steady breaths down into this space.

And as you breathe, imagine that you're filling the area behind your naval with your breath.

Filling it with energy. Storing vital energy. Now place a hand over that place and let yourself feel it

expand as you breathe in,

draw your stomach in toward your spine as you breathe out.

Continue breathing deeply,

deeply, consciously, deliberately,

steadily breathing down deeply into your abdomen.

Feeling your hand push out with every breath

and relax in with every exhalation.

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