{"id":321,"date":"2019-05-05T21:18:54","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T21:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/?p=321"},"modified":"2019-05-05T21:18:54","modified_gmt":"2019-05-05T21:18:54","slug":"yoga-and-anxiety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/?p=321","title":{"rendered":"Yoga and Anxiety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n\n\n<p>In Yoga anxiety is often seen as a rajasic (agitated) state of mind and by what is known in Ayurveda as vata derangement.   Sometimes just the slowing down of the mind which accompanies a Yoga practice is enough to reduce anxiety &#8211; but sometime we need a more targeted practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yoga has many tools to help with anxiety states, so let us list 2 of the easiest to practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Grounding asana practice, especially standing postures and inversions and forward bends.<\/li><li>Pranayama\/breath control &#8211; particularly deep diaphragmatic breathing.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Breathwork for anxiety is particularly effective and we will discuss two simple methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The first method is simple exhaling for longer than you inhale<\/strong>.  This stimulates the para sympathetic nervous system. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The second more formal method is using ratio breathing &#8211; <strong>either 4:8 (breath in for a count of 4 and exhale for a count of 8) OR the slightly more advance 4:7:8 (breathe in for 4, hold the breath for 7 and exhale out for 8).   BREATH RETENTIONS MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR THOSE WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both of the above pranayamas can be done lying, seated or standing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember if your anxiety is long standing or severe always seek professional expert help.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Yoga anxiety is often seen as a rajasic (agitated) state of mind and by what is known in Ayurveda as vata derangement. Sometimes just the slowing down of the mind which accompanies a Yoga practice is enough to reduce anxiety &#8211; but sometime we need a more targeted practice. Yoga has many tools to&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions\/322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yoga-liverpool.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}