Breathing Exercise to help your cravings. - Quit Support

Quit Support

15,367 members29,160 posts

Breathing Exercise to help your cravings.

jillygirl profile image
jillygirlAdministratorQueen Bee
5 Replies

Cravings lead to irritation and sometimes panic, causing the quitter’s mind to speed up. When this occurs, concentrating becomes hard. Using a deep breathing exercise is an effective way of calming yourself down.

This exercise can be done anywhere from sitting down in a chair to waiting for a bus. Follow the simple stages described below;

With your mouth closed and shoulders relaxed, inhale deeply and slowly to the count of eight.

As you breathe in, push your stomach out.

Hold your breath for the count of four.

Breathe out slowly to the count of eight.

Repeat the cycle five times

DO NOT OVER DO IT – STOP IF YOU FEEL DIZZY

(Courtesy of Emjay) xx

Written by
jillygirl profile image
jillygirl
Administrator
To view profiles and participate in discussions please or .
Read more about...
5 Replies
TheTabbyCat profile image
TheTabbyCatAdministratorLONG TERM WINNER

Thanks jillygirl

youtu.be/USFr5VeLQ2o

jillygirl profile image
jillygirlAdministratorQueen Bee in reply to TheTabbyCat

youtu.be/kP2OuZ_vI_s

TheTabbyCat profile image
TheTabbyCatAdministratorLONG TERM WINNER in reply to jillygirl

🤣🤣🤣🤣

I never will be able to win this game..................🙄🙄🙄

youtu.be/OMOGaugKpzs

jillygirl profile image
jillygirlAdministratorQueen Bee in reply to TheTabbyCat

Thats one of my favourites. 👍 X

jillygirl profile image
jillygirlAdministratorQueen Bee in reply to TheTabbyCat

youtu.be/MxMuR5Ly4x8

You may also like...

Quitting smoking and breathing

playing, dogs barking , oh and my breathing, steady because i was running slowly, and quite...

Breathing feels strange after quitting cigs. Looking for some similar stories to help calm me down.

better. My breathing feels starnge, not really short of breath, but I'm hyper aware of my breathing...

Breathing difficulties after quitting

- does your breathing improve ? I am off cigs nearly 4 weeks n over past 2 weeks my breathing has...

Morning craving!

morning craving when your drinking your tea or coffee to wake you up ever go? Out of all the...

Cravings - Friend or Foe?

even share some of your own helpful hints and tips there too. Breathing exercise - Depending...