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Breathwork is breathing consciously, controlling our breath with intention. Breathing consciously moves our diaphragm in a rhythmic way. This stimulates the major organs, improving digestion, increasing immunity, reducing the risk of heart attacks, lowering blood pressure and more (see below). The way we breathe can help us slow down and destress while improving our productivity and brain function. Our breath also has an amazing impact on our emotions and can help us change our mood and our triggered reactions.
Breathing is conscious and unconscious creating a bridge between the two, helping us clear out our cluttered minds and allowing us to control what we thought was automatic. Together we can learn to balance where science and spirit combine.
Gina Grapov
Certified Breathwork Practitioner
When our bodies breathe rhythmically a signal is sent to our brain communicating that it's time to lower stress hormones allowing us to relax and enjoy our moments. We can also use our breath to change our mood within moments and change the way we react to our triggers. This positively affects our emotions, our lives and everyone around us.
Breath affects every system of our body from our heart beats to our oral health and even our immunsystem. We even exhale 70% of our body's toxins and the number one marker of longevity, is lung capacity (see below).
Breathing correctly is the most important thing we can do for a healthy, happy, long life.
Breathing is both conscious and unconscious. This link offers a path to deep meditation, even for those of us who find meditation difficult.
At first you’re breathing and then you're just there and present. In this state you are able to hear your intuition, listen to your inner guidance and allow yourself to release emotions that were pre
Breathing is both conscious and unconscious. This link offers a path to deep meditation, even for those of us who find meditation difficult.
At first you’re breathing and then you're just there and present. In this state you are able to hear your intuition, listen to your inner guidance and allow yourself to release emotions that were previously hidden and stuck. These hidden emotions show up in our daily lives as fear and can hold us back. By experiencing them and letting them go we can live in the moment with the emotions we choose.
physical activity triggers asthma-like symptoms, such as wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, and chest tightnes.
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Stressful events or ongoing stresses in our lives can have a huge impact on our physical and mental health. Using the breath as a bridge between our thoughts and a clear mind reduces cortisol and sinks us into a parasympathetic state (rest and digest). Guiding the breath we can lesson and eventually change the emotions we have attached to past events. This knowledge of how to use our breath can be used in the future anytime, anyplace to create a safe place within ourselves.
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The relationship between breathing and blood pressure has been known for a long time. Elevated blood pressure is often associated with rapid, shallow breathing, while slower diaphragmatic breathing helps decrease it. Studies show that daily breath training strengthens respiratory muscles and can effectively lower blood pressure (Journal of Applied Physiology, Prevention article).
Research suggests that conscious breathing should be among the first interventions for heart patients. A Dutch study found that a group of heart attack patients practicing diaphragmatic breathing experienced no further heart attacks, while 60% in a non-breathing group suffered repeat heart attacks over two years
(Conscious-Breathing, Gay Hendricks, Ph.D., pg. 16-17).
Capnometry-Assisted Respiratory Training (CART) has been found effective in reducing panic, anxiety, stress, and emotional disorders by normalizing breathing patterns. CART may be more effective than cognitive therapy in reducing physiological symptoms by managing hyperventilation (EurekAlert, ScienceDaily, PubMed).
Breathing plays a key role in metabolic processes. When we breathe in oxygen (O2) and exhale carbon dioxide (CO2), the carbon originates from metabolic reactions involving nutrients and energy generation (YouTube).
The human body is designed to discharge 70% of its toxins through breathing. If breathing is inefficient, fewer toxins are removed, which affects the body's overall ability to detoxify (The Breath Connection, Dr. Robert Fried, Ph.D., pg.152).
Breathing quality is among the top indicators of lifespan. Proper breathing has been associated with improved longevity by optimizing bodily functions and reducing disease risk (PSIPT, University of Buffalo News).
Mouth breathing can lead to various oral health problems, such as dry mouth and increased risk of tooth decay, due to reduced saliva production, which naturally protects against bacteria (Blue Island Smiles).
Studies indicate that breathing patterns are closely linked to emotional and cognitive regulation. Slow, controlled breathing can positively influence mood and cognitive functioning by regulating the autonomic nervous system (PubMed, Annual Reviews, Experimental Physiology).
This video will illustrate how our blood carries oxygen through our bodies feeding our muscles, letting go of waste, becoming reoxenergized and repeating the process.
This video illustrates how oxygen is brought into the bloodstream and carbon dioxide or the body's waist is released from the lungs.
This video beautifully illustrates the whole respiratory system.
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