Relief from Anxiety and Panic

 Author: TESS GRAHAM
A 9-day program to take control of your physiology and regain calm, focus and ease – by learning to breathe the way calm people do.

See below for book information, Reviews and Table of Contents

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About the Book

There is a fast and natural way that may give lasting relief from anxiety, but you may not have heard of it.

Few people realise that the key can be to correct the underlying disturbance in their physiology – that is, body function and blood chemistry, by learning to breathe correctly. Your breathing is the #1 determinant of your physiology.

DOES THIS SOUND FAMILIAR TO YOU?

You feel more or less anxious most of the day
You sometimes feel breathless, spaced out or panicky for no reason
You sleep poorly, toss and turn, or snore, and wake up tired
You have scary palpitations or tingling in your hands or feet
These are all common symptoms in people who do not breathe correctly.

You can calm anxiety, prevent panic attacks, and get your life back, by learning to breathe the way calm people do. And that is NOT deep breathing!

Relief from Anxiety and Panic provides a fascinating insight into how your everyday way of breathing can be responsible for the mental torture and uncomfortable physical symptoms you may live with daily. Drawing on over two decades of research and clinical experience, physiotherapist Tess Graham shows you how to recognise your faulty breathing habits and change them – easily, step-by-step, through breathing retraining as thousands have done.

You will learn simple strategies to:

  • quickly relieve mental and physical symptoms of anxiety

  • abort a panic attack

  • reduce stress

  • increase focus

  • stay calm under pressure

  • switch off at night to enjoy restful sleep

You will learn how to stabilise your body chemistry and control your physiology for a lifetime of wellbeing.  
You will read about lives transformed just by learning to breathe properly. It is not complicated. You usually feel benefits immediately.

Don’t be a victim – change your breathing and change your life!

Reviews

AMANDA FERRY, BSc (Psych) PGDip Psych

“The effectiveness of this program lies in its simplicity. In essence you learn two simple things: one is a different perspective on breathing, and the other is how to gently nudge your breathing to how it should be. The benefits are profound.”

KAREN ST CLAIR, Counsellor

 “In my opinion, this is the best self-help book for overcoming chronic anxiety and panic – and I have read lots of them. With clarity, simplicity and empathy, the author shows how to use healthy breathing to take back control of how your body functions. Use this book to calm your breathing, your body and your mind.”

MICHELLE TAJA MILLER, BA (Psychology)

“This book changed my life. For the first time I became aware of what dysfunctional breathing is, and of what it does to perpetuate the out-of-the-blue attacks of terror I have suffered for decades. I have not felt this sense of inner peace in a very long time.”

GLENN SMITH, Physiotherapist

“This book gives comprehensive and enlightening information on anxiety and panic disorders and their connection with faulty ‘everyday’ breathing. It offers a self-management solution using the scientifically-based principles of Breathing Retraining which are deceptively simple and easy to follow.  I love the ‘cloud exercise’. This concept is a visual and easy to manage tool that immediately offers relief of acute symptoms.”

Table of Contents

Foreword – Dr Antoinette Harmer – Clinical Psychologist, Canberra

Introduction

PART ONE
UNDERSTANDING ANXIETY AND PANIC: THE WAY YOU BREATHE, THE WAY YOU FEEL


CHAPTER 1   Anxiety-a new understanding, a practical solution
CHAPTER 2   Anxiety and stress disorders – what are they?
CHAPTER 3   Signs, symptoms, causes of anxiety disorders
CHAPTER 4   How does your breathing compare to normal?
CHAPTER 5   Let’s begin
CHAPTER 6   The over-breathing model – explaining anxiety disorders
CHAPTER 7   Not just the head stuff – explaining those other symptoms
CHAPTER 8   Why me? How disordered breathing starts
CHAPTER 9   The food connection

PART TWO
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR BREATHING: DAY BY DAY, HABIT BY HABIT


CHAPTER 10   The breathing retraining approach
CHAPTER 11   The program: Nine healthy habits in nine days
CHAPTER 12   Healthy habit one: Awareness
CHAPTER 13   Healthy habit two: Nose-breathing
CHAPTER 14   Healthy habit three: Upright posture
CHAPTER 15   Healthy habit four: Regular breathing
CHAPTER 16   Healthy habit five: Diaphragm-breathing
CHAPTER 17   Healthy habit six: Eight to twelve breaths per minute
CHAPTER 18   Healthy habit seven: Silent, invisible breathing
CHAPTER 19   Healthy habit eight: Breathing control when speaking and singing
CHAPTER 20   Healthy habit nine: Breathing well during exercise
CHAPTER 21   Where to from here?
CHAPTER 22   Rescue breathing exercises for anxiety and panic attacks
CHAPTER 23   Strategies for insomnia and improved sleep
CHAPTER 24   Working with your doctor
CHAPTER 25   Hold-ups to improvement
CHAPTER 26   Taking it further
CHAPTER 27   Summary, plan and learning guide
CHAPTER 28   Conclusion

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