Conscious breathing is a technique that involves intentionally focusing on your breath and using it as a tool to manage your thoughts and emotions along with it inculcating the methods of concentration.
To practice conscious breathing, find a comfortable and quiet place where you can sit or lie down without being disturbed. Then, focus your attention on your breath, noticing the sensation of air flowing in and out of your body. Bring awareness to each breath.
Inhale: Stomach inflates
Exhale: Stomach goes in; Navel to spine
Slowly. Softly. Deeply.
Breathing through the Abdomen . . .
As you continue to breathe, try to observe your thoughts and feelings without judgment, simply acknowledging them and then letting them go. If your mind starts to wander, gently bring your focus back to your breath, using it as an anchor to bring you back to the present moment.
Begin Backward counting:
• I am inhaling with Awareness; I am exhaling with Awareness 27
• I am inhaling with Awareness; I am exhaling with Awareness 26
• I am inhaling with Awareness; I am exhaling with Awareness 25
• I am inhaling with Awareness; I am exhaling with Awareness 24
And so on . .
Till you reach
• I am inhaling with Awareness; I am exhaling with Awareness 0
In between if your thoughts get disturbed with your counting, restart from 27.
Practice this with SLOW abdominal breathing everyday. The slower the better.