RELEASING BREATH

A wonderful and comprehensive breathing technique includes the addition of a specific kind of movement. Releasing Breath is an active breathing technique that throws off tension in your body. Significantly different from other breathing techniques, Releasing Breath offers a unique application in its practice.

The most intricate of the breathing techniques in Thriveapeutics, it consists of three parts, the inhale, the hold, and the exhale. Begin with your feet comfortably wide apart. Slightly lean forward with your arms hanging down in front of you. When you are ready to breathe in, first bend your knees slightly. Start the inhale while bringing your arms up over your head. With your arms held over your head, hold your breath. This position will only be held for about three to five seconds. When you are ready to exhale, imagine throwing out a ping-pong ball from the middle of your upper chest. To do that convincingly, you arms will be thrown backwards so that your upper chest will be thrusting forward. That thrust amplifies the release. Since you are releasing your breath at the same time that you are throwing your arms behind your upper body, the thrusting of the invisible ping-pong ball out of your chest makes the releasing moment even more profound.

Looking closely at the three parts, the inhalation phase is when you are loading up, preparing for the release. Imagine yourself pulling in air with your arms into your chest while you are inhaling. At the completion of the inhalation phase, you are standing upright with your arms now over your head. While you are in this position holding your breath, which is the second part, you are preparing for the release by first imaging the release with your mind's eye. During the last part of the breath, the release phase, the outbreath is synchronized with the arm movements, At the same time, the upper chest is actively releasing (throwing off) the tension. You can do this breath a few times each time you decide to do it. Over time, you will get better and better at this process. Releasing Breath is definitely a developed skill and one that is highly effective in doing what it is designed to do, releasing tension with the breath.