We encourage you, after your long, busy day, to pause. Give yourself a moment with a warm cup of tea.
We call this creating your Simply Sacred Moment each day.
To help you facilitate this, we have a range of breathwork and meditation videos below.
Pranayama | Left Nostril Beathing
This type of breathing helps in regulating the nervous system, and accesses the parasympathetic part of the nervous system which is the calming and soothing part of out nervous system. When we breathe through the right nostril we enable the sympathetic part of the nervous system which is flight or fight mode.
During our day, we can become stressed, busy and prone to activating this flight or fight mode. When we are in this mode, our hormones tend to be out of wack! Setting aside a few minutes a day for left nostril breathing can really help in calming your body and assist in regulating the nervous system. Try out this breathwork for 3 mins a day, you may even want to do this whilst your tea is brewing to increase the calming effects. Hope you enjoy this one :)
HOW TO DO
Sit in a comfortable position
Take your right thumb or index finger and block off your right nostril
Inhale long and deep through your left nostril - try to inhale for 10 seconds and exhale for 10 seconds.
Continue for 3 minutes
To end, Inhale deep, hold the breathe for a moment to consolidate the energy, and then exhale deeply.
This meditation can also be done at any time throughout the day you feel like you need to decrease stress. Just find a quiet spot and breath long and deep 26 times through the left nostril.
Pranayama | Sama Vritti (Box Breathing)
Sama Vritti pranayama greatly assist in calming anxiety and panics through slowing down the heart rate and increasing oxygen to the brain. Practicing this type of breathwork regularly will allow you to experience deep states of relaxation. 'Sama' means equal' and Vritti means 'mental fluctuations' so essentially, you are exhaling and inhaling in equal amounts.
In this video we Inhale for 4 seconds, pause for 4 seconds, exhale for 4 seconds, and pause for 4 seconds and repeat.
Doing this for 3 minutes (or 26 times) can greatly assist in calming your mind and improving symptoms of anxiety and panic.
We reccomend you do this whilst waiting for your tea blend to brew! Enjoy :)
