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by williamscales 1247 days ago
I have pretty severe anxiety at this time and these breathing practices have really helped me get out of a bad situation without medication:

1) Box breathing

2) Yoganidra (even if I’m not trying to fall asleep)

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Yoga Nidra for sure. Except it can be really effective at putting you to sleep. I now have trouble listening to any track on this album without passing out: https://open.spotify.com/album/00Dzgh60bmNigM9fvckKa3?si=sqO...
Seems like it shares key ideas with “body scan” method combined with don’t move rule. Or maybe it’s just another name for it.
+1 box breathing
It has helped me a lot at times too, even helping a little with long covid/post-viral symptoms, sample size of 1 but it really doesn’t hurt to try