Category: breathing
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BREATHING RETRAINING
1 – Hyperventilate: 60 to 90 seconds: Standing up, start breathing deeply and quickly as if you were blowing a balloon. Exhalations should be hard and forced. This is what you do when you hyperventilate 2 – Pay attention to the body: Sit down, close your eyes, and listen to your body. How does it…
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BREATHE DEEP: THE SURPRISING ROLE OF HYPERVENTILATION IN EMOTIONS
The intricate connection between emotions and breathing finds expression in everyday phrases like a “gasp of surprise” or a “sigh of sadness.” This linkage is further evident in laughter and crying, where breathing patterns are noticeably altered. Within this framework, Chronic Hyperventilation Syndrome (HVS) emerges, characterized by abnormal breathing at rest and during activity without…
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KRIPALU-STYLE YOGIC BREATHING
Nadi Shodhana (Alternate-Nostril Breath)* This breathing exercise can be practiced daily and/or during times when you feel anxious, stressed or exhausted. TIME: 5 to 10 minutes or until you feel relaxed. POSITION: Sit comfortably on the floor with spine erect and eyes closed. You can add a blanket around your waist to enhance groundedness and stability.…
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THE BREATH OF ANXIETY
Research shows that at rest breathing patterns are influenced by auditory and visual stimuli as well as emotional affects. Termed “ventilation personality”, those breathing patterns vary from one person to the next and they are repeated over long periods of time. Notably, breathing patterns in anxiety present irregularities, especially when it concerns respiratory rates (i.e.,…
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DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING FOR BEGINNERS
Diaphragmatic breathing is what natural/normal breathing is, and for example babies automatically breathe with their diaphragm. Diaphragmatic breathing helps: Decrease the work of breathing by slowing your breathing rate.Decrease oxygen demand.Help the lungs fill more efficientlyUse less effort and energy to breathe.Bonus: it also helps tone your abs :> PRACTICE: Lie on your back on…
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GOOD BREATHING
With good breathing, the air traveling through the trachea reaches a wider area in the lungs (top and bottom) where it is distributed to the alveolis. Shallow breathing, by contrast, draws minimal breath to the chest area, which means that the air will mainly reach the upper part (apex) of both lungs. When we take…
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THE FOUR TYPES OF BREATHING IN MAN
EUPNEA, A.K.A. QUIET BREATHING It is a mode of breathing that occurs at rest and does not require the cognitive thought of the individual. During eupnea, also referred to as quiet breathing, the diaphragm and external intercostals must contract. HYPERPNEA, A.K.A FORCED BREATHING It is a mode of breathing that occurs during exercise or actions…
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RESPIRATION: TRUE & FALSE
This article tackles the true and false beliefs in breathing under normal conditions and under anxiety.
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THE IMPACT OF ANXIETY ON MISINTERPRETING SIGNALS FROM THE BODY, PARTICULARLY THE BREATH
Signals from our respiratory system are missed or misinterpreted in anxiety, which explains why we may experience an “unexpected” rise in anxiety as a result of breathing irregularities.
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HOW DOES ANXIETY AFFECT MY BREATHING PATTERNS?
Trait anxiety contributes to breathing pattern changes such as breathlessness and hyperventilation.