Breathwork

Breathwork is an umbrella term for practices that manipulate breathing variables for specific outcomes. Breathing practices can be quiet diverse and I have listed some that I draw upon the bottom of the page.  While there are many approaches to breathing practice, they all incorporate one or more of the following elements.    

• Awareness of our breathing and ourselves during the experience, developed through mindful practices. 

• Regulation of breath, body, and mind by conscious, intentional manipulation of breathing parameters.  

• Transformation of our state of being through autonomic regulation, emotional resilience, personal insight, or elimination of emotional-neuro-muscular "armor."          

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Breathing Retraining

Breathing retraining is an individualized process focused on restoring biochemical and biomechanical breathing efficiency.  Over the course of our lives, many (if not most) of us, develop unhealthy or dysfunctional breathing habits that have a negative impact on our physical and mental health and performance.  While there are many useful breathing techniques for in-the-moment calming or focus, establishing healthy, functional breathing is the foundation for optimal well-being and performance.  Research shows that a vast number of people have underlying breathing pattern disorders, or dysfunctional breathing. This acts as a primary, sustaining, or aggravating cause of their health or performance  challenges.  Breathing re-training unwinds the ineffective breathing habits and entrains a new, efficient, and healthier pattern.  As our daily breathing improves,  efficiency, we reduce stress, improve autonomic nervous system function, and enhance physical, emotional, and mental health and performance.