This is awesome! I use diaphragmatic breathing during yoga and it has helped my anxiety levels so much. Thanks for sharing these amazing techniques Barbara!
@BarbaraHeffernan3 жыл бұрын
Hi Graham! Yes, diaphragmatic breathing is so simple, yet so helpful! Thanks for sharing how it has helped you. And yoga is also a great tool!
@grahamfonteyne47923 жыл бұрын
@@BarbaraHeffernan I didn't understand how yoga helped me, and being a very analytical thinker, it is important for me to know how it works. I had a sneaking suspicion that the diaphragmatic breathing somehow told my brain that everything is ok and that it's not necessary to be in flight/fright/freeze mode. Just knowing that this is how you easily communicate with the amygdala is such a "aha" moment for me. Thanks again!
@susanroach7082 Жыл бұрын
😮 This is eye opening to the point of, I think this is CRAZY REAL! This happens to me over and over and over and over and over in a day. I’m going to set my alarm and give this a go today.
@KindnessInChaos2 жыл бұрын
This helps so much. Once you're aware of your breathing- many of us realize we breathe with our shoulders/chest and not belly. Meditation, yoga and learning vagus nerve exercises all recommend diaphragm breathing.
@BarbaraHeffernan2 жыл бұрын
So true!
@AlfredPhiri-pj1vt4 ай бұрын
I just wanna thank you so much I have been having anxiety and stress it has been a hell of a ride to me but after I watched the first video you posted I felt like am not alone and it feels good actually knowing that am not alone and thanks for helping us we can't survive without you we need you
@ইনামআহমদ3 жыл бұрын
Your videos have helped me a lot in last few months. I have been going through a pretty intense phase in my life and the COVID situation only adds more stress to it. Thanks a lot for helping me.
@BarbaraHeffernan3 жыл бұрын
You are very welcome. I'm so glad they have been helpful.
@lamianejmi19472 жыл бұрын
i ve just discovered your channel and i became a regular visitor, cannot tell how much that helps especially now that i started psychotherapy. Barbara a lot of love❤❤
@BarbaraHeffernan2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Welcome!
@emilyanderson2943 жыл бұрын
Thank you for freely sharing Life Changing Tools 🙏🏽❤🙌🏽😊
@BarbaraHeffernan3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!!
@nareshuuu2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Barbara
@BarbaraHeffernan2 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@veerleverkeerd8183 Жыл бұрын
A happy, healthy and fulfilling New Year, Barbara. I'm watching and taking notes, really grateful and learning a lot. When you mentioned the video on the Triune brain I smiled cause I watched that recently and found it very useful, but it's not linked to this video as you may have intended. Not sure if it can still be done now but thought I'd mention it in case you still want to link it, think people listening to the mini series could benefit from that. Think I'll rewatch it myself after I finish this playlist.
@BarbaraHeffernan Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for letting me know!! I will link it now! I'm so pleased my videos are helpful for you. I wish you a wonderful New Year!
@daphneyqin6173 жыл бұрын
Haven’t got a chance to finish watching the videos, but I feel super excited already. -:)
@BarbaraHeffernan3 жыл бұрын
Terrific!
@michellestangline8193 Жыл бұрын
I am really enjoying your videos! You are a genius!
@monikaram176029 ай бұрын
You are blessing for us
@purpd0g8 ай бұрын
This was amazing Barbara! thank you so much for this through explanation :))
@BarbaraHeffernan8 ай бұрын
You are so welcome!
@fadilabbas87683 жыл бұрын
Barbara your explanation is amazing , I kindly request if you can make a video about ocd treatment, and panic attack treatment...thank you very much from iraq.
@BarbaraHeffernan3 жыл бұрын
Those are great topics, and I will try to work them in. Thanks for reaching out!
@natasalazic34173 жыл бұрын
Whenever I've tried this I was feeling out of breath and like I need hyperventilate, so I am stressed even more. I am sure that those are very useful techniques and that I'm doing something in incorrect way. Willing to try again and hope that this time I would do better.
@BarbaraHeffernan3 жыл бұрын
Yes, sometimes people can find it stressful to focus on the breath. Tomorrow at 8am EDT I'll release the video demonstrating the technique - give it a try with some patience! Also, maybe just do it a little "lighter" - don't try to force it. Hope that is helpfuL!
@2Chron-202 жыл бұрын
Yes but you are strengthening your diaphragm and it will get easier the more you do it. In the long run it allow you to breath more efficient and get more oxygen into your body
@natasalazic34172 жыл бұрын
@@2Chron-20 Thank you for a kind and helpful comment.
@Alphacentauri819 Жыл бұрын
It often helps to really relax the abdomen, as well as slowly exhale. If we inhale too deeply, too quickly, and without proper exhale..:it stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, which is the opposite of what we are trying to do. Slow inhale, relaxed abdomen and slow exhale sometimes a mantra like "letting go" with the exhale helps. Way back when, when I tried deep breathing...I didn't get it either. I thought it didn't work. It took many different tries and yoga definitely helped me coordinate the breathing and fuller release. 💫
@rodelmar13 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! It was so helpful!
@BarbaraHeffernan3 жыл бұрын
I'm so pleased to hear that!
@Soulweaving13 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this 🙏🏾♥️
@BarbaraHeffernan2 жыл бұрын
You are welcome!!
@lou10ant672 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! Very well Explained..
@BarbaraHeffernan2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@lou10ant672 жыл бұрын
@@BarbaraHeffernan I'm having difficulties sleeping at night.. I have try breathing in and out but my anxiety takes over.. feels like I'm going crazy.. I'm going to try it out tonight!! Appreciate the info..
@davidkay72012 жыл бұрын
Just discovered your channel - wow!
@BarbaraHeffernan2 жыл бұрын
Welcome!
@aN0nyMas2 жыл бұрын
Link to the playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLhEK7JY7zF9kA_tAaHg7IAViexM94wqnx
@BarbaraHeffernan2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!!
@वेदांतप्रचारसभा-म9द3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much ma'am
@BarbaraHeffernan3 жыл бұрын
Most welcome 😊
@art4theglryofgod2 жыл бұрын
Hello Barbara, thank you for all your great videos. I'm looking for the rest of the "aah!" mini-series but cannot find it. Do you have a link for that? Blessings, Sharon
@BarbaraHeffernan2 жыл бұрын
Here is the playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLhEK7JY7zF9kA_tAaHg7IAViexM94wqnx. The next one after this is the Diaphragmatic Breathing Demonstration. LMK how you feel in 3 weeks!!
@t.lc.7772 жыл бұрын
Where is the example of this type of breathing? Thank you for your help.
@aN0nyMas2 жыл бұрын
In the next video in the series kzbin.info/aero/PLhEK7JY7zF9kA_tAaHg7IAViexM94wqnx
@renz2024Ай бұрын
Will this help in panic situation?
@nikig42363 жыл бұрын
I no longer see the actually video available anymore on how to practice this type of breathing technique
@BarbaraHeffernan3 жыл бұрын
Hi: The demonstration video will be released tomorrow at 8am ET!