Speech therapist and respiratory therapist Yolande Kylstra treats people with breathing, voice and tension complaints, among other things. She is a big fan of the re-mind and advises to first use the re-mind for a week to become aware of what you are actually doing.

Let the re-mind vibrate every 6 or 12 minutes and check:

1. Do I breathe through my mouth or nose?
2. What is my posture: are my shoulders raised?
3. Am I creating tension in my jaws?
4. Do I keep my stomach pulled in?
5. Do I sit on both buttocks?
6. Are both feet on the ground?
7. What is the expression on my face, am I relaxed?
8. Where do I feel the greatest breathing movement, in my stomach or chest?
9. Am I holding my breath?

If you are well aware after this first week, you can do something about it:

1. Check that your mouth is closed with your tongue against the roof of your mouth (and that you are breathing through your nose). If not, change that.
2. Check that you are sitting upright. If not, change that.
3. Feel if you are creating tension somewhere that is not functional and release it.
4. Feel if you are holding your breath. Is your stomach also contracted? Release!
5. Feel the expression of your face. Are you creating tension in your forehead or jaws? Release!
6. Feel your shoulders. Did you pull them up? Release!
7. Feel if you are sitting on both buttocks. If not, change that.
8. Feel whether both feet touch the ground. If not, change that.

read here about additional relaxation exercises.

Knowing more? Contact Yolande or follow one of her first online modules 'Breathing comes naturally', 'Go home relaxed' and 'Relaxation exercises'.