Breathing on Purpose

Your conscious mind has very little to do with how your fight or flight response works, but there is one aspect of that branch of your nervous system that you DO have some control over -- your breathing. Mindfulness-based strategies that target stress-management, pain-management, and quieting often encourage a light focus on the out-breath because that simple shift in attention can ease both physical and mental discomfort.

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Susan Kaiser Greenland · Breathing on purpose

from Mindful Parent, Mindful Child

thirty short, simple practices to make mindfulness accessible, natural, and fun