A Light, Slow, Deep (LSD) Breathing Meditation

About this episode

Shamash Alidina leads a guided breathing exercise to improve breathing and calm the nervous system.

Thanks to our autonomic nervous system, life-sustaining processes like our heartbeat, digestion, and breathing all happen without us even having to pay attention. But our environments, stress levels, and other factors can definitely affect the health and efficiency of these processes. For example, sitting hunched at our desks and staring at screens often means that our breathing gets shallow and irregular—which of course affects things like focus, energy, cognition, and attention. This week, Shamash Alidina leads a guided breathing exercise called Light, Slow, and Deep (or LSD), designed to re-set the breath in a way that opens the chest, relaxes tension, and calms the nervous system. Shamash Alidina has been practising mindfulness since 1998 and runs his own successful training organisation. He is the author of Mindfulness For Dummies, The Mindful Way Through Stress , and most recently, Breathing Exercises for Dummies . He frequently pops up in newspapers, magazines and on radio shows. Based in London, he runs online trainings and speaks at conferences all over the world. He's been teaching mindfulness full-time since 2010. The transcription of this guided meditation will be…

People in this episode

Host: Shamash Alidina

Topics covered

• breathing meditation
• mindfulness
• nervous system
• stress relief
• guided exercise

Keywords

• breathing
• meditation
• mindfulness
• stress
• nervous system
• focus
• energy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mindful.org

Books & works: Mindfulness For Dummies, The Mindful Way Through Stress, Breathing Exercises for Dummies

Places: London

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