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PUL S E

BREATH OF
2 ALIGNMENT
While closing your eyes
or softly gazing at a point
in front of you, inhale fully
and gently lift the crown
of your head toward
the sky. Now exhale
completely while inviting
your hips to sink into your
TAKE A seat. While elongating

your spine, allow it to be
BREATH flexible rather than rigid
as you breathe. Repeat

This month’s message for greater well-being: this breathing cycle at
least four times.
Breathe. Following the simple guidance here is HEART-CENTERED
one way you can join Prevention and the 3BREATH
nonprofit Global Wellness Institute in Close your eyes or rest
The Wellness Moonshot: A World Free of your gaze on a stationary
point. Place one or both
Preventable Disease. BY RENEE MOOREFIELD
hands on the middle of
your chest. Allow this
Your physical and mental 4 X 8 BREATH touch to reconnect you
wellness get a boost from 1Close your eyes or with your heart—its
controlled breathing, softly gaze at a stationary rhythm and beat, or
sometimes known as point. Inhale to the count the qualities of loving
yogic breath or mindful of 4. Briefly pause at the kindness, gratitude, and
breathing. It can reduce top, then exhale to the peace. For the next five
chronic pain; lessen count of 8. Repeat at least to 10 minutes, breathe
symptoms associated four times. Notice the mindfully, keeping your
with anxiety, insomnia, calming effects on your awareness at your heart
and other concerns; and mind, energy, body, and center and your breaths
positively affect your emotions. effortless and even.
immune system. Plus, it
helps regulate emotions, COURTESY OF THE GLOBAL WELLNESS INSTITUTE.
diminish impulsivity, and + To learn more about The Wellness
keep your brain sharp. GLOBAL Moonshot and order your own
Try one (or more!) WELLNESS hanging calendar (that’s the April
INSTITUTE design above), visit globalwellness
of these conscious
breathing practices: institute.org/wellness-moonshot.

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