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No matter who you are, taking care of your mental health is extremely important. There’s no right or wrong way to improve it — you may choose to take medication, journal, exercise, work with a mental health professional, do art therapy, or a combination of practices to manage and improve your well-being. If you’ve been curious about meditation and the benefits but find yourself saying things like, “It’s impossible for me to sit still and focus,” a new technique called SKY Breath Meditation can help improve your mental health without making you feel antsy and anxious.
“SKY Breath Meditation is a series of breathing practices that our research and others’ have now shown decreases anxiety and depression and stress, and improves well-being, positive emotions, mindfulness, [and] social connection,” Emma Seppälä, PhD, science director at the Stanford Center For Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and lead scientist on a Stanford/Yale study that looked at the benefits of SKY Breath Meditation, told POPSUGAR. SKY Breath Meditation focuses less on your thoughts and more on your physical breath, offering a deep state of relaxation that can help frantic thoughts to settle down.
