Episode 112: 3 Ways to Use Breath to Get You Out of Trouble

[Inhale ------ Exhale]

Go ahead. You do it too. Take a nice deep breath. Come on…you know you want to.

[Inhale ------ Exhale]

That’s it. Feels good, right?

Of course it does. You’re doing what comes naturally and easily with virtually no effort at all. Your body does this for you all day and all night automatically. Your brain keeps you alive and primed for peak performance via your breath. 

Don’t believe me? Consider this.

When you’re sleeping, your brain provides a nice smooth deep rhythm coaxing you to sleep and keeping you there in sweet slumber.

When you’re physically active and exerting a lot of effort, your brain kicks things up a notch or two and gets you breathing faster and deeper because your body needs the extra oxygen to help repair your muscles and fuel your vascular system with super rich blood.

When you’re frightened, scared, or surprised your brain triggers a quick, abrupt inhale quite unlike your normal or fatigued breathing. This quick inhale is critical to raising your alertness and awareness so your eyes get bigger and your senses become more acute.

And when you find yourself relieved from your fright, you let out a long, slow exhale. And that is because your brain now knows that all is well, and you will soon find yourself back in your normal, natural breathing rhythm.

The fascinating thing is you never have to tell your brain how to breathe. It just does it for you. It puts you in the best possible position to handle the task at hand. And it does it with the breath.

Now what if you could do that yourself? Put yourself in the best possible position for the task at hand? That would be pretty amazing, right?

Full transcript can be found here:https://jimmyglenos.com/2024/06/29/3-ways-to-use-breath-to-get-you-out-of-trouble/

 

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