The Five Finger Breathing
- Keep your index finger of one hand on your other hand’s little finger (the outside of the hand). Breathe in, tracing the little finger up to the tip, and breathe out tracing it down to the inside.
- On the next inhale, trace your ring finger on the same way, going to the tip and then going inside on the exhale.
- Do this for all fingers and then reverse the process from the thumb back again to your little finger.
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