OUR BREATH

The technique is simple. For an hour or so you lie down, and breathe a more full and connected breath than you normally do. You ‘follow’ our breath into your body. 

What starts to happen is that your BODY soon comes to life. It’s like as if it has been waiting for this opportunity and IS SPEAKING TO YOU.

This might by PHYSICAL with tingling or the feeling of energy flowing through your body. Or it might be EMOTIONAL and you begin to feel feelings that were waiting for your attention. Or you could have a SPIRITUAL experience and you feel connected to the truest version of yourself. 

 

You are left with a deep sense of RELAXATION and a sense of WELLBEING which you take with you into your daily life.

Breath Tip

The advice to `breathe deeply’ when you feel stressed anxious or agitated is misleading since most people interpret this by making their inhale deep and strong. This has the opposite effect as it depletes the level of carbon di-oxide in the blood and causes an even more agitated aroused state. Keeping a good balance between carbon di-oxide and oxygen in the blood is essential for health and wellness.

If you want to calm down and reduce agitation and tension in the body focus on your exhale. Breathe into your belly using your diaphragm and make your exhale gentle, slow and long (relative to your inhale). Don’t worry, you cannot get it wrong. This is great too to help you get to sleep!

WHEN YOU BREATHE FULLY..

 

You enjoy the moment

You expand your horizons

You connect with others more deeply

You unlock with your creativity and passion

You align with what matters to you

You heal old wounds

 

The Impact of our Breath on Health

When speaking of breathing, the first thing most people think about is the oxygen. But carbon dioxide (C02 ) is actually just as important. We need a certain concentration of carbon di-oxide– around 6.5 percent – in order to stay well and healthy. C02 has many important functions in the body; It is essential for oxygen delivery to cells, maintaining blood pH and much more.

Under normal circumstances our breath automatically adjusts to maintain an optimal balance of oxygen and carbon di-oxide in our blood. If we interfere with our natural breathing pattern by over-breathing or force our exhale we can easily upset this. Giving attention to our breath is therefore a first line of defence in maintaining or restoring good health.

Why CO2 is Important

  • CO2 is an important ingredient in the process of releasing oxygen from the blood to the cells in the body. Our blood might be fully saturated with oxygen but it will not be used of the carbon di-oxide levels are too low.
  • If C02 is too low the body may raise blood pressure and heart beat in order to distribute more oxygen.
  • Low CO2 levels cause blood pH balance to change. Maintaining a healthy pH level is important to maintain a healthy immune system and an imbalanced pH level has been linked to the formation of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and osteoporosis.
  • CO2 acts as a relaxant for the smooth muscles of airway passages (bronchi) and blood vessels. When CO2 is low, airway passages and blood vessels constrict and become narrower, leading to the risk of stroke.
  • Maintaining adequate C02 levels helps keep the nervous system remain calm and unstressed.  Low CO2 levels cause the nervous system to react more strongly to stimuli leading to high stress, and low ability to focus.
  • With adequate levels of C02 you can do much more exercise, more intensely without getting out of breath. Low CO2 cause you to get out of breath more quickly if you exercise.
  • C02 plays an important role in delivering glucose to the cells. Low CO2 content causes decreased uptake of glucose from the blood and raises your blood sugar levels.
  • A low CO2 level weakens your immune system by lowering the antibody-antigen affinity.