#breathlighttobreathright

[brybeast]

On my way to Toronto to become an Oxygen Advantage Certified Breathing Instructor. AIRWAY IS KING We take for granted the physiology of proper breathing. Of course we breathe all day but do we breathe properly? Sadly, for most of us the answer is a resounding no. You mean you need to be taught how to breathe? You mean it’s not automatic after birth? The breath can either be allowed to run haphazardly and create havoc in the body and mind, or it can become a part of your constant awareness and be harmoniously coordinated. Once the breath is integrated into your awareness, you’ll wonder how you ever got along before. It’s not easy to learn to breathe right. It takes dedicated practice to RELINQUISH the idea that a deep breath filling the lungs is best. It’s NOT. A shorter more rhythmical breath into the diaphragm is the KEY. Stanford scientists have identified a small group of neurons that communicates goings-on in the brain’s respiratory control center to the structure responsible for generating arousal throughout the brain. MAR 30 2017 Mark Krasnow and his colleagues have identified a tiny cluster of neurons that link breathing to relaxation, attention, excitement and anxiety.  Try it. Breathe slowly and smoothly. A pervasive sense of calm descends. Now breathe rapidly and frenetically. Tension mounts. Why? Because when faced with stress we tend to open our mouth which only fills the top of the Lungs with oxygen and activates pain receptors in our chest which causes a fight or flight reaction. It also drastically reduces the amount of CO2 in the blood which therefore decreases the hemoglobin release of oxygen into the blood stream. Consequently, the problem we begin to confront when we learn about breathing is that we must bring back into our awareness a whole area of ourselves that we’ve cut off, gradually re-integrating it into our consciousness. The more we make it a part of our constant awareness, the more it becomes a vital dimension of ourselves. #quantumfitnessorg #brybeast #breatheless #breathlighttobreathright #scienceofbreath #oxygenadvantage #oxygenadvantageinstructor #nasalbreathingisbest #nitricoxide #moleculeoftheyear #meditation (at Toronto, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmvvxE-HSWT/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6d3tdtzykmmt