| I used to get brain fog when I was stressed, and lose my voice when I was talking to an audience. Having a sore throat was a common occurrence for me. As you can tell the topic of breathing is near and dear to my heart!
In the past I have taught workshops on the subject such as "Breathing With Ease" and "Calm Body, Calm Mind – Getting a Handle on Anxiety". Recently I have been doing a series called "Take a Breath" with 20 minute classes in the day.
I love the topic because it is a function that can strongly influence our vitality. It is unconscious, yet there are a multitude of ways we can affect our overall well-being positively or negatively.
There are so many ways to breathe, depending on what you are doing. The diaphragm is the main mover of breath. However, influences from the ribcage, back muscles, abdominals, mouth, and neck can change how you breathe.
I will be writing on the topic for the months to come, covering related issues such as, anxiety, asthma, and COPD.
It is something we take for granted, and at times we get comfortable with a way of breathing that is not optimal. Through close attention function can be made easy again.
Some of the clues that breathing is not optimal:
1. brain fog setting in quickly when seating and working
2. head aches from concentrating on new tasks
3. sighing a lot
4. noisy breathing while at rest, inhaling and/or exhaling
5. chronic neck tension, and/or tremors
6. Rib tension or stitches/cramps
7. Feeling like you can not get a big enough inhale/ struggling for breath
DISCOVERING what your habits are in breathing is the best way to begin your path to improving it. Why? Because if you don't know what you are doing then you don't know what needs to change.
A nice way to hit the reset buttonis to do a nifty little Feldenkrais® Lesson called 4 PHASE BREATHING. Give it a try and let me know what you DISCOVER :) Breathing is one of those functions that is easy to access to shift outcomes. It does not take long either.
There in lies the MAGIC.
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Have a happy, healthy, and easy breazy breath day!
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