Breathwork

“𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐦𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.”

A lot of us don’t breath properly and this is due to posture, stress, emotional blockages and not breathing deep enough.

𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐱𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡…

This is called thoracic or chest breathing. It can upset the balance in the oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in the body, adding to muscle tension, increased heart rate, dizziness and other physical sensations. This sends out a stress signal and can contribute to anxiety and panic attacks.

...𝐬𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐱𝐞𝐝.

"Breath work sessions make a huge difference to help move through anxiety and stress, for me it was a game changer and for my clients!"

• Breathing helps to reduce amygdala activity, which is a part of the brain that attaches emotions to responses and how we process feelings of fear, and activates the fight or flight response.

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• Signals the nervous system to calm down as our vagus nerve is connected to the diaphragm. A lot of us have an overactive nervous system which is linked to so many diseases.

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• Breathwork is an effective way to shift your brainwaves from beta to alpha and even theta, thereby decreasing negative thought patterns, stress and depression levels.

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• Breathing deeply and bringing more oxygen to the body activates the parasympathetic nervous system which is our rest and digest system and restores our body to a calm and relaxed state.

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• We can take in more carbon dioxide which helps synchronise your heartbeat and breathing, and actually low levels of carbon dioxide can cause hyperventilation, breathing helps to balance out levels of oxygen and carbon dioxide.

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• Breathing helps to relax the muscles which tense up when anxious.

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• Gives our adrenal glands a break from releasing adrenaline which stimulates heart rate, dilates blood vessels and air passages.

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• Focusing on breathing is the best way to switch us from being in our head and letting our thoughts run the show, to the present moment.

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• When we do longer sessions we are able access parts of our subconscious where we hold these anxious thoughts, triggers, trauma and release them.

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• We can move energy around our body and release any stuck emotions and trauma. 

        The reason these get stuck is because of emotional memory, and are chemically and                           electrically transmitted throughout the entire body and stored in cells as unexpressed                       emotions. These can be stored and built up from childhood.