In this mindful draw your breath exercise, we will concentrate on our breathing and draw it.
Usually, when we are stressed or anxious, our breathing will become uneven, shallow, or speed up. If we keep that up, we will begin noticing more physical symptoms of stress and anxiety, such as hyperventilating.
One of the things that can help to reduce this is to control your breathing. This exercise can help you with that. We will first draw your breath and analyze it. If it’s too uneven or shallow, we’ll try to concentrate on our breathing to make it slower and deeper and draw that.
Feel yourself become more and more relaxed with every breath.
Please let me know if this mindful draw your breath exercise helped you relax, I’d love to know.
If you have any questions about this exercise, please leave a comment below and I’ll help you.
You can find a small video of this exercise on my Instagram @thecreativecooldown
Supplies used:
Bristol paper (Handletteringdoenwezo), alcohol markers (ohuhu), colored pencils (Faber-Castell polychromos), gelly roll pens (Sakura), brush marker PRO (Karin).
Alternative supply suggestions:
There is no specific material needed for this exercise. Just use what you have. A pen or pencil is good enough.
Instructions
1. Before you start, slowly breathe in and out a few times to get more relaxed. Grab your pen or pencil and draw a line when you inhale. Follow your breath.
2. When you exhale change direction and draw a line until you’re done with exhaling.
3. When you inhale again you change direction and draw a line that is as long as your inhale. Then you change direction again as you exhale. You follow this flow until you’ve reached the edge of your page.
4. Observe your breath. Is your breathing even? Are you inhaling and exhaling fast or slow? If your breath is uneven or if you breathe very fast, try steps 1-3 again and try to breathe more slowly and evenly. Focus on your breath. Try to take deep breaths from your abdomen. If it helps, you can also put a hand on your abdomen to guide your breathing. Let yourself get more relaxed with every breath.
5. Repeat the steps above as many times as you like. Focus on your breathing and relax. You can also use different colors or materials if you like
Now you have finished the mindful draw your breath exercise. Well done! Did it help you relax?
If you liked this exercise, you might like my Mindful circle lineart exercise as well.
