After a lung-related illness (covid, pneumonia, etc) you might find it difficult to do an exercise with long breathing cycles. Here is an exercise that serves as starting point to recovery with only 2 seconds of inhale and 4 seconds of exhale. it will prepare your body to more advanced breathing practice!
I recently got sick with covid and I couldn’t do the breathing exercises anymore. I simply didn’t feel well enough. If you have had covid, probably you’ll know how it feels… When I started to get better I realised the usual 4/7/8 or 4/6 felt like struggle to me and therefore I made an exercise for a very soft and gentle lung recovery. Only 2 seconds of inhale and 4 exhale. The first round is done while laying on the back, the second on the stomach with gentle and calming music in between. Sometimes you simply have to start small…
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