Gratitude has lasting effects on the brain, but the benefits do take time
Please get yourself a journal or use your phone to write down 3 things that you’re grateful for, and why they make you feel grateful today.
This will make you feel better about the things in your life that you have, rather than the things you don’t. Gratitude has lasting effects on the brain, but the benefits do take time, so please practise every week.
Here are some benefits of practising gratitude:
Breathing
Breathing basics. Breathing to fill the diaphragm.
Most of us don’t breathe into the diaphragm which is where the oxygen should be transferring too. We tend to hold a lot of our breath in our chest which creates anxiety. Use this practise as many times as possible throughout your day.
Here are some of the benefits of diaphragmatic breathing: