Cure the Hiccups through Visualization and Breathing Exercises

This method for curing the hiccups is another breathing exercise that is easy to do anywhere at anytime. It focuses on controlled breathing and visualization techniques to help get rid of your hiccups.

Visualization can be an important part of curing the hiccups since many documented instances of hiccups point to a neurological influence on the hiccups.

This next cure uses both breathing exercises and mental visualization to correct the physical and neurological aspects of the hiccups.

Breathing in a Figure Eight to Cure the Hiccups

1. Start by closing your eyes and imagining the shape of a figure eight in your mind.
2. As you picture the figure 8 in your mind, begin slow controlled breathing.
3. Imagine your breath flowing in and out of your body in the shape of the figure eight.
4. As the air rolls into your lungs it enters your body and curls back upward at the bottom of your abdomen turning into an exhale.
5. The exhale then flows out of your mouth in a circle and re-enters your body as you slowly begin to inhale again.
6. The key here is slow controlled breathing with no abrupt pause between inhaling and exhaling. It is important to make the breaths flow into one another as you inhale and exhale.

In addition to curing the hiccups this controlled breathing technique helps promote good health and lowers blood pressure.

After performing this exercise for a few minutes your hiccups should be cured. If you are still experiencing the hiccups I would recommend trying some of the other exercises I outline on the site.