Brave tools :: Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Breathing, Relaxation and Mindfulness Tools

These tools can help people to manage anxiety.

Each person will find different tools helpful. You can find a recording of each exercise here and see it written down.

Tool 1 Breathing Exercises

Tool 2 Relaxation Exercises

Tool 3 Mindfulness Exercises

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Tool 1: Breathing Exercises

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Click the links below to listen or watch
	Introduction	Listen
	1. Breathe in and hold for 3 (used in every session of Brave)	Listen
	2. Finger breathing	Watch
	3. Breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth	Watch
	4. Counting your breaths	Listen
	5. Breathe in for 4 out for 8	Listen

Click the links below to read
Introduction
	1. Breathe in and hold for 3 (used in every session of Brave)
	2. Finger breathing
	3. Breathing in through your nose and out through your mouth
	4. Counting your breaths
	5. Breathe in for 4 out for 8

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Click the links below to listen or watch
	Introduction	Listen
	1. At the beach	Listen
	2. At the park	Watch
	3. Butterfly relaxation	Listen
	4. Body relaxation	Listen
	5. Muscle relaxation	Watch
	6. Muscle relaxation and the waterfall	Watch
	7. Muscle relaxation and the beach – long version	Watch

Click the links below to read
Introduction
	1. At the beach
	2. At the park
	3. Butterfly relaxation
	4. Body relaxation
	5. Muscle relaxation
	6. Muscle relaxation and the waterfall
	7. Muscle relaxation and the beach – long version

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Click the links below to listen or watch
	Introduction	Audio
	1. Mindfulness using our senses	Listen
	2. Mindful body scan	Listen
	3. Mindful eating	Listen
	4. Mindful touching	Listen
	5. Mindfulness with an interesting thing	Listen
	6. Soles of the feet mindfulness	Listen

Click the links below to read
Introduction
	1. Mindfulness using our senses
	2. Mindful body scan
	3. Mindful eating
	4. Mindful touching
	5. Mindfulness with an interesting thing
	6. Soles of the feet mindfulness