A Yoga Practitioner Reveals What to Do the Second Anxiety Starts Taking Over

Those who have had a history of grappling and making peace with anxiety know that the struggle is constant - and relief, fleeting.It is not just about those inarticulable factors and scenarios that allow the anxiety to live within your being and system like a kettle on low sim. It is also the impending doom of when the next bad bout or anxiety attack will hit. And for those that have routinised this way of life, they can tell with jarring accuracy when the next anxious wave is going to sweep over their body - but learning to manage it, especially in the moment, is a whole another ball game. While breathing techniques and meditations of course work wonders, sometimes you just need a one step solution to blunt the blow, or better, help it die

down as it hits. This is where Yoga comes in.

The Yoga Trick to Quell Your Anxiety in Real Time

Etai Atula, a Yoga expert practicing the secrets of the ancient craft, and reinterpreting it for the modern times, shares a simple three-minute routine which may appear 'silly' - almost akin to throwing a tantrum - but can actually be the magic switch you need to flip to beat your anxiety to the punch. As a matter of fact, it is a tantrum against your anxiety, one that actually promises to work.Atula introduces the 'Hummingbee Breath' traditionally known as the Brahmari Pranayama. This one move literally shuts out the outside and inside noise. It starts by you taking your fingers and literally plugging it into your ears. Then, proceed to take a deep breath in and begin humming. Keep the hum going till as long as your breath allows. Once you are out of breath, fill up your lungs again and repeat. Atula suggests following this crest and fall for a full three minutes to actually feel the relief and calm wash over. What the humming also does, is pass vibrations through your body and in a matter of minutes, Atula attests that you are likely to have a slower heart beat, lower body temperature and relaxed muscles - "your whole body will respond," he confirms, adding, "Your body is an incredibly sophisticated gadget and knows exactly how to heal you from anything, especially anxiety." Be sure to not hum too hard. A low-pitched continuous buzz is all that is needed.

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Beyond anxiety, the Brahmari Pranayama is also believed to help improve memory, concentration and focus, also helping with hypertension, nasal blockages and migraines, making it a holistically rounded little practice to indulge in when you feel you are not functioning at a hundred.