3 Yoga Breathing Exercises for Anxiety | Caren Baginski

3 Yoga Breathing Exercises for Anxiety // These yoga breathing techniques (also known as pranayama techniques, which refers to "breath control" in Sanskrit) will calm your nervous system, bring mental clarity and balance your energy. Use them to reduce anxiety and stress when it happens, or as prevention by practicing one or more of these yoga breathing exercises daily. These deep breathing techniques will help you relax and calm your mind.

The three simple breathing exercises are:

1. Elongate Your Exhales
2. Kapalabhati or Skull Shining Breath
3. Nadi Shodhana or Alternate Nostril Breathing

I created this video a long time ago. Since then, I've learned much more about anxiety and breath as I continue my yoga studies. Check out these videos for even more practices to help you reduce stress and anxiety:

DEEP BREATHING RELAXATION TECHNIQUE

YOGA BREATHING EXERCISE FOR ANXIETY

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I'm Caren Baginski, C-IAYT, yoga therapist and author of Restorative Yoga: Relax, Restore, Re-energize. I live in Denver, CO, USA. I've been teaching yoga and meditation since 2009.

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[manishamanning]

I literally stopped taking the Ativan because of you teaching me these life saving techniques. Thank you is sooo not enough..Namaste!

[pamelathorp]

This is my go-to almost every morning. I find doing it regularly, not waiting for anxiety to find me, those moments come less frequently.

[Bluewaterxavi]

this video changed the trajectory of my life

[CornelisAnn]

Thank you so much for this. I've been struggling with anxiety and panick attacks all day, but this actually helped. I feel calm now :)

[gaylormars]

I woke up from a nightmare feeling extremely weird and anxious. I employed these techniques, and now I feel much more at ease and relaxed! Thank you!

[trevorboretto]

I am so happy I discovered this ! I will be doing this everyday for the rest of my life !

[bradamarusensei]

green tea and lemon right before this is so soothing I'm going to keep it up I haven't been this relaxed in awhile

[mbrown]

During the second exercise I couldn't stop smiling. I felt a euphoric feeling. This is great

[lulutomi]

My stress reduced as I watched you and listen to you. I'm determined to have more people like you in my life.maybe one day I will become calm just like you.thank you very much

[therealalpham]

This helped with my sinus tension and blocked nose...thanks for sharing.

[nativeroots]

Have anxiety where I feel like I can't breathe. I convince myself I'm going to stop breathing. Usually breathing exercises make me feel more anxious. The first 2 helped me so much! Thank you!

[mguzman]

Good thing I came to this video I been having Anxiety for about 7 months there were times especially when I didn't know what I had, until I went to the doctor and he told me what it was..I would have trouble breathing and now with this video and the exercises I will be doing multiple times a day ...thank you for the steps so I won't panic anymore.

[UjjwalsAcademyforCivils]

India has given Yoga to the world and it is very exciting to see everyone adopting to this awesome lifestyle changes !!

[suhaanshetty]

thanks a lot caren, been going through a lot of stress and anxiety since past two month and since i have started following this video it really helped a lot . been practicing the exercises for a month now there has been a lot of changes since then . practicing on my breathing exercise 3 times a day .

[SA-qnpm]

Thank you for these useful exercises! I come here almost everyday, so I'll leave the timestamps to make it easier for me:

Exercise #1 - 1:12
Exercise #2 - 3:38
Exercise #3 - 5:15

[manmademovies]

Hey Caren, really glad I found your video. I've had anxiety for the past 4 years. Managed to overcome it within the mind however I've noticed my breathing is still extremely shallow and pretty much every night I'll wake up from a panic attack. This video really helped me work on my physical side of my health :)

[DHARMYOGCOM]

thanks for the tips and staying original and not renaming yoga terms. i respect that very much

[BlinkinFirefly]

I always Namaste back after the teacher does. its good for you =)

[leeb]

Great quick exercise to help bring normality to breathing when stressed out or very anxious. Thank you!

[karu]

Thank you very much for uploading this. I'm in the middle of a job hunt in a foreign country in a foreign language, and I feel almost overwhelmed by stress and anxiety, but these exercises help me regain calm and keep my sanity. I really appreciate it!