cleansing breath
Stress-releasing deep sigh
A cleansing breath is a slow, deep breath taken deliberately to release tension or reset emotionally.
Common in yoga, meditation, and childbirth classes, it marks transitions between exercises or helps regain composure: Take a cleansing breath before we begin.
Outside formal practice, it serves as a moment of intentional calm: She took a cleansing breath before responding to the email.
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- inhaleDraw air in
- meditationFocused attention practice
- yogaMind-body exercise discipline
- purifyRemove unwanted substances
release · let it go · calm · centering · deep · lungs · refresh · renewal · stillness · prana · sigh · relax · detox · ritual · peace · letting go · oxygen · diaphragm
- Breathworkpranayama, rebirthing
cleansing breathhyperventilation
Abnormally rapid respiration
shallow breathing · gasping · panting · labored breathing · breathlessness
cleansing breathsuffocation
Fatal lack of air
panic attack · chest tightness · stress response · death rattle
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