Mind Sculpting

Create the Practice of Constructive Rest:

The constructive rest position is ideal for learning abdominal breathing, for easing you into sleep, for reducing anxiety or pain, and for general relaxation.
Lie down on a flat surface with your neck supported with a small pillow or cushion. Bend your knees and support them with a larger pillow or [...]

Practice Abdominal Breathing:

Relax the shoulders and lift up in the chest bone.
Breathe into the low belly, below the navel.
When you breathe in, the belly expands and goes out.
When you breathe out, the belly empties and goes inwards.
Breathe in a long, slow, deep, full, even breath.
Breathe out a long, slow, complete exhalation.
Empty out the belly and [...]