Focusing on your breathing is another way to get back in tune with your unconscious. Here are the steps.

1. Place your fingers lightly on your diaphragm, just beneath your rib cage above your waistband. Feel the movement as you breathe.
2. Inhale slowly through your nose or mouth, directing the air to your diaphragm. You will feel the diaphragm move forward; your shoulders and upper chest should not move at all.
3. Hold the inhaled air for three seconds.
4. Exhale slowly, counting to twenty by saying "one one thousand, two one thousand, three one thousand…" until you reach "twenty one thousand."
5. Stop when your exhale becomes a strain.
6. If this is the first time you've tried this exercise, you probably won't reach twenty in one breath. Repeat the exercise three times a day until you can reach twenty comfortably.

Take a few moments to practice this technique.

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