Chanting OM helps balance and tonify both branches of your central nervous system. By balancing the sympathetic branch (fight or flight response) with the para-sympathetic branch (relaxation response) you can more easily respond to life’s challenges with greater equanimity.

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This practice invites you to tap into the energy of your heart center (versus your busy mind) in order to access feelings of gratitude and appreciation. It allows your heart rhythm to slow and thereby regulates your whole physiology within seconds.

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This practice entails systematically tensing and releasing of all of the major muscle groups in your body. By doing so you literally squeeze stress chemicals out of your muscles. When you relax you infuse your tissues with fresh oxygenated blood, thereby augmenting your vitality.

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Ocean Breath is an effective breathing technique to help you feel less anxious. By focussing on breathing in and out of the back of the throat (behind the epiglottis) you create a sound like an ocean wave. This is a very calming and healing practice.

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This is a simple and easy meditation practice to help you meditate even when you feel anxious or overwhelmed. By staring at a candle flame you give your mind a single point to focus on, thereby inviting all of your worries and your to-do list to fall away.

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Balloon Belly Breath helps you practice breathing with your diaphragm. When you breathe using your diaphragm (instead of with just your upper lungs) you infuse your whole body with life-force energy and you simultaneously massage all of the organs in your belly. 

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This technique helps extend the length of your exhales in order to slow your heart rhythm down. When you do this you cultivate heart health because slowing your heart rhythm sends messages to your brain to rejuvenate and regenerate your whole system.

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