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Breathing
You knew this was coming! I am including both yoga and sports oriented breathing techniques and information. There is tremendous overlap and you will most likely find you gravitate to one or the other, but there is value in both if you will let go of the beliefs around either!
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March Breathing Technique: Belly Breathing
March Habit = Breathing
This month our topic and habit are the same thing! Each year you do this, pick one new breath technique to really master as your new habit - slowly you will build a library for every situation!
March Week 4 2020
If you only walk away with one thing this month, I hope it will be paying attention to how you are breathing most of the time, nose or mouth breathing. Here's a primer:
Step one is, am I and when. Step two is why? John Douillard has a lot of really interesting information and relationships to nose breathing, this video below is just one. To look at more, his you tube channel is here:
And this video? Not necessary for the bigger picture, but just really interesting and just one more piece of evidence that we are not living as humans were designed to live!
This Week:
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Find some way to remind your self throughout the day and night to find out, are you breathing through your mouth and why? This is SUCH a key issue so I hope you will learn more about you and your breathing!
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March Week 1 2020
Overview of breathing O2/CO2 - both are part of the equation!
Breathing should be natural and not something to think about, right? But the more you dive into the science behind all of this, the more you realize how something so simple is producing profound effects on your body, mind, and emotions - which in turn drives the journey of your soul. This is why breathing is so integrated into spiritual practices as well as sports performance.
Oxygen Advantage You Tube Channel Link
There is So much we could cover this month, but for practical purposes I would suggest one of two approaches on the topic of breathing:
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This Week:
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Option 1: Go to the Oxygen Advantage Channel and pick one or two things to focus on.
Option 2: Do the same, but dive in to more of the information. |
March Week 2 2020
This week we are going to focus on breathing as a way to calm stress, anxiety, worry, etc. As you remember, this is the activation of the parasympathetic system! Below is a guided meditation to listen to as you won't benefit if you keep your eyes open! I know some will cringe, but I encourage you to try because if you find yourself resisting and unable to relax for a few minutes... well it makes the point!
Check this LINK for Visual Cuing! www.calm.com/breathe
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If you prefer reading either by printing out or as an ebook here are a few links:
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This Week:
Practice is
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Pick either one breathing technique or the guided meditation and do before and after testing on at least 3 different days. You can do a 1-10 scale from stressed to calm, or a rating system that works for you. Try and find times when you are particularly stressed, angry, or aggravated!
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March Week 3 2020
We can use breathing to calm down or to energize our selves. This week we'll look at how to use our breath to create more energy. It is important to note that when your adrenals are depleted, attempts to create more energy may just feel like more fatigue as your body's reserves are gone.
Let's also talk about fatigue . . .
We live in a world where it is 'push push push' to get more done. But it's not that simple. Some of us just aren't wired to be high energy. Others use being busy to avoid feeling what is making them tired. I could go on, but fatigue and exhaustion are real and not to be dismissed by pushing past them. What worked at 25 is fast on the way to killing you by 50.
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Is It Fatigue, Burnout, or Exhaustion?
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