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Box Breathing for Healing

DJDanielle Jokinen
over 3 years ago

Danielle opens the video and introduces box breathing, explaining that it helps you access the breath and supports successful meditation. This short section orients viewers to why they'll use the technique.

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  1. 0:00Introduction and purpose

    Danielle opens the video and introduces box breathing, explaining that it helps you access the breath and supports successful meditation. This short section orients viewers to why they'll use the technique.

  2. 0:15How box breathing works

    The instructor describes the box shape of the practice—inhale, hold, exhale, hold—and gives timing and posture guidance. She also mentions using a timer and encourages finding a comfortable, upright position.

  3. 0:40Guided breathing practice

    Danielle guides viewers through multiple four-count rounds of box breathing with audible counts and pauses to follow. This is the core practice segment to experience the technique and settle into the breath.

  4. 1:38Benefits, tips, and close

    The instructor notes how box breathing deepens body awareness and suggests practicing from one to twenty minutes, answers questions, shares an anecdote, and invites feedback. This wraps up the session and encourages trying the method in daily life.

All right, Danielle here. Now we're going to do a practice. It's a tool called box breathing to help you get access to the breath, really present to the breath. And then from that presence of breath gives you access for successful meditation. So use this as well. So it is literally like a box. We're going to inhale, hold, exhale and hold the breath. Okay, so about a minute here. You can also set a timer and go as long as you want with this four count breathing, bucks breathing. Yeah, do it how it best serves you to get you access to breath, access to meditation.

So get cozy, comfortable, spine straight. Okay, when you're ready, inhale for four, three, two, one, hold four, three, two, one. Exhale four, three, two, one. Hold four, three, two, one. Inhale, hold, exhale four. Hold the breath. Inhale, hold, exhale. Hold the breath. One more time. Inhale. Hold the breath. Exhale. Hold the breath. Inhale. And do that to get you deep into your body, deep into the awareness, present moment. Yeah, from a minute a day to even 20 minutes, okay? questions on this, let me know.

I did this during a dentist appointment, just a four count box breathing and it was great. So try it on for size. Let me know what you get access to.

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