Breath Practices for Calm and for More Energy -- A Mini-Video Workshop
Did you know that your breath is the only system in your body that both operates on its own -- you can breath by making no conscious effort at all -- but you can also consciously work with your breath to change your state of mind, your energy levels, and the amount of stress you are carrying around in your body.
You have heard people say, “Just take a deep cleansing breath!” But you might not fully understand what that means or how it feels in your body.
Today, I’m not going to take too much time to wax eloquent on the amazing capacities our breath gives us. But I will say, that breathwork is at the core of my Body Vitality Method. In my monthly community membership, The #FierceOver50 Gathering, we play and experiment with our breath together during every live, zoom session.
I, personally, have a morning and evening breath practice and I pay attention to my breath throughout the day. It’s really quite fascinating how -- just by shifting your breath -- you can feel your day get brighter. Or, you can use your breath to shift away from thoughts that loop continuously through your mind. Or, you can use your breath to decide what to do next: clean out closets, go for a walk, or have a difficult conversation with a loved one.
Developing a breathwork practice for yourself is one of the simplest, most profound ways that you can break free from your exhausted achiever ways.
I’m listing below a few benefits of a regular breath practice, so you get an idea of how impactful breathwork is, but really, in this mini-workshop I hope you will feel how this simple tool can help you break free from stress and take care of yourself in a way that focuses on your body first.
Here are a few benefits of a regular breathwork practice:
💮 Slows aging
💮 Decreases blood pressure
💮 Lowers inflammation
💮 Reduces stress
💮 Eases pain
Today's Workshop Includes 3 Videos:
First, a very basic introduction to the very healing abdominal thoracic breath.
Second, a breath pattern that you can use to calm down, slow down, transition between activities, decide what to do next, or go to sleep.
Third, a breath pattern that can be used to increase your lung capacity and it can also be used to increase your energy.
As you work through each of these breath patterns with me, notice how your body responds.
Once you learn the basic patterns, you can shift your attention from doing the breathwork to noticing how your body responds. That’s where the stress relief really happens and where you begin to own that process.
It’s one thing to have a guide teach you these tools. It’s a much higher level of awareness when you can say to yourself, “Oh, a calming breath would really be helpful right now.”
Video 1: Introduction (2.5 minutes)
Video 2: Breathing for Calm (5 minutes)
Click Here for Calm Breath Video
Video 3: Breathing for Energy (5 minutes)
Click Here for Energy Breath Video
[A Note of Caution] For those of you suffering from asthma, COPD, lung issues, or perhaps recovering from COVID, you will need to consult your doctor about your limitations and do this breathwork at your own pace -- perhaps quite slowly.
Let me know what you discovered about yourself doing this stress-relief breathwork!
P.S. If, as you practice this breathwork, you come to see how valuable it can be, please click below to learn more about my monthly membership. I founded the #FierceOver50 Gathering as a school for stress relief for women who, like me, are exhausted achievers, and who realize that decades of stored up stress and trauma are getting the better of them.
The amazing women who take part in the gathering have been developing their breathwork skills weekly through live, zoom workshops and then they are better able to keep them up at home, between sessions. This work is powerful and life changing.
One member of the Gathering told me this: “the breathing exercises have been miraculous. I saw a new doctor last week and was very nervous. My blood pressure was WAY up and when the nurse left I did some of the breathing to calm myself. By the time the doctor walked in it had dropped 20 points. Amazing!”
Click here to learn more about the #FierceOver50 Gathering and sign up.
I’d love for you to join us!