Music Therapy: Breathing and Visualization

In This Article

• Breathing and Visualization Regularly
• Practicing Breathing and Visualization

Breathing and Visualization

Breathing along to the music helps to steady our breath, promote relaxation, and to improve breath support over time. During the visualization portion of the session, we can focus on things we're feeling in the moment or in our lives. When we do give this focus to how we feel, it can help create space to focus on other things outside of these relaxation sessions. 

Breathing and Visualization features sustained breathing and breathwork. If you feel pain or discomfort, stop!

• Get comfortable in your chair.
• Before you start: note your heart rate and 02 rate on your pulse oximeter; on a scale of 0-10, rate your current anxiety level, with 0 being totally relaxed and 10 being extremely anxious.
• Follow along to the guided visualizations. Focus on your emotions and feelings in the moment. Identify things that you chose to "let go of" and "take in."
• After you finish: note your heart rate and 02 rate on your pulse oximeter; on a scale of 0-10, rate your current anxiety level, with 0 being totally relaxed and 10 being extremely anxious; reflect on how you feel emotionally or physically; note any changes in how you feel.

Regularly Practicing Breathing and Visualization

Like all breath support and physical activity practices, you get the most out of therapeutic singing by making it a regular habit.

Use this worksheet to track how you feel while you do breathing and visualization.