December 13, 2024 • 17 mins
In our fast-paced lives, stress seems inevitable. Deadlines, responsibilities, and expectations can overwhelm us, leaving little room for calm. While stress itself is not inherently bad, chronic stress can affect our health, productivity, and even relationships. But here’s the good news: we all have a built-in tool to combat it—the power of intentional breathwork.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Get to be here with you guys. While Hello, Hello everyone,
I'm always so glad to be here with you guys.
(00:22):
We are going to talk today. As always, we're always
going to talk about calming your life, so we're going
to talk about breath works today. Breath works to relieve stress.
I always want to help you be able to take
that stress away before we get started, So go ahead
and hit that follow button so you can follow me
(00:44):
here and stay in touch and in tune to what
I am doing here on the broadcast. So I want
to thank you guys for being here with me today
and those of you who are listening later tuning in
here today checking out what's going on with us here
as we do our little chat on breath works today,
(01:07):
I'm excited to share something with you that is is
a is your power tool, something that has the power
to transform how you deal with the stress that's in
your life. Something as simple and profound, as I always say,
as your breath, something that's free to you, something that
(01:27):
you use every single day, every moment with without even
thinking about it, you just breathe. But we know that
in this life that we live in our day to
day and this fast paced life that we live. In
our lives, stress things inevitable, indiable for I can't even
say the word help me out. Got inevitable deadlines on
(01:52):
our jobs, responsibilities that we have in our day to
day and you know, expectations of others that are placed
on us, you know, and some of those things are
must it must be, you know, but it can overwhelm us,
leaving little room for calm in our lives. So while
stress itself is not, you know, inherently bad, not all
(02:14):
the time, there's different types of stress. Crime. Stress can
actually affect your health. So that's the type of stress
that we want to be in control of in our lives.
It can affect our health, it can affect our productivity
in our day to day, and it even can affect
our relationships with our family, ourselves, our friends. But the
(02:37):
good news is what I'm about to tell you today.
The good news is that we all have a built intools.
We all have our breast this wonderful too, does God
given free to to come back that stress the power
of international breath work. It's the power that we all
(02:58):
have national hobe and that's something So guys, today I
want you to just be comfortable, be here with me,
And let's just tell a little bit more about our breath.
The connection between our breath and stress. Well, we experience stress,
our bodies activate, automatically activate that flight and fight, you know,
(03:22):
a fight and flight response. And you may notice that
your heart starts to raising, your breath becomes shallow, and
your muscles tense. Everything starts to tense up. And these
are signs of your sympathetic nervous system that it's on
over drive. We quickly go into that fight and flight.
(03:42):
So the act of controlling your breath, however, can shift
your body into that rest and digest, bringing you back
over into the parasynpathetic side of your nervous system. That rest,
that rest and digest, get you into that mechanism, into
that mode which is governed by your parasympathetic nervous system,
(04:05):
that rest and digest. You know, science has shown a
lot of studies on how the breath affects your stress level.
It shows that deep, intentional breathing can lower that blood pressure,
it can reduce cortisol levels and increased feelings of relaxation
(04:26):
and well being. And that's what we want to do.
We want to be able to flip the switch. We
want to be able to turn on that mechanism when
we need it. We want to be in control of
our stress level, and we want to be able to
you know, get that finds flight into that rest and
digest when we need to, which puts us in that
control that I'm talking about here today. So why does
(04:49):
it work? You know, why does breath work work? Think
of breath work as the bridge between your physical and
your mental states. So picture that with me today. Think
on that. It helps anchor to It anchors you to
the presence. You hear people saying, you know, be present
(05:10):
in this moment. You hear me send it all the time,
be present with me in this moment. And that goes
back to mindfulness that you hear me talk about a
lot a lot as well, being mindful, living in the moment,
you know, being present where you are right now, not
rushing things, being in the moment right now, not thinking
about what you're going to do later today, you know,
(05:32):
but accomplishing what you're doing or focusing on what you're
doing in this in this moment like right now. So
think of that for me. Think of breath work as
a bridge between your physical and your mental states, and
this will help you to anchor. Okay, So you're in
the present, You're in this present moment, and when you
(05:53):
consciously slow your breathing, it sends a signal to your
brain that it's safe, it's safe to just relax. It's okay,
it's going to be okay. Even as what's going on
in your present, the external pressures persist and things are
as they are, you can still relax because I always
(06:15):
tell people what you see is really not what's real. Okay,
so you can rest, you can take that deep breath
and say it's going to be okay. You just you know,
calm down. And so like in many ancient practices like
yoga to meditation, they have incorporated breathworks and it's been
(06:37):
going on. This has been going on for centuries. It's
not something new. It's just something that you know, people
are getting more understanding of and beginning to grasp the
hopes of it and make it a practice in their life.
So today in modern science is validated, They're validated. There's
(06:58):
scientific back up for breathworks and how it affects your body,
how it affects your mind, how it affects your life.
You know, it validates what the traditions of breathwork has
been known all along, mindfulness, mindful breathing, and how it
rewires the brains, you know, how how it fosters resilience
(07:22):
and a sense of true inner piece. So it's been
scientifically proven that it does work. But more than that,
you try it yourself and do it yourself. You'll have
that self experience of that piece, that rest and digests,
being able to flip that switch from that fighting flight
(07:43):
over into the rest and digests because we don't, we
don't want to stay over into that fighting flight over
on that synpathetic inside of the nervous system not a
good place to stay. We have to go there. You know,
at some point throughout your day to day you're going
to go up there nine times out of ten. If
(08:04):
you don't, that's great, but some of us do. But
you want to be able to switch the switch and
go back into the rest you dodges, and get back
over into the paraspics, that ex side of the nervous system.
So you know, we always practice. So I want you,
I want you to get in a comfortable place if
you haven't already, and I'll give you time to do that,
(08:26):
find yourself in a comfortable position, and we're going to
do a little simple breath work here together today. And
so that's how we're end this talk. Today, we'll practice
a simple yet effective breath work exercise. I want you
to know that it's going to make a change in
difference in your life today. I want you to expect that,
(08:49):
whether big or small, I want you to expect that change.
I want you to expect to help you throughout the
rest of the day as you go about doing what
you have to do. Take this with you, take that
step back. I always talk about purposeful pauses and living mindfully.
It works, guys, so important that you incorporate this in
(09:10):
your life, in your day to day. That will change
your life. You hear me, and I'm sure if you
hear any other breath coaches, we're always saying this in
our world. And change your energy, you change your life,
You change your life, you change your health. Breath works
will automatically help you change the healthfulness of your life.
(09:34):
Because you're pushing out stress and you're pulling in peace.
You're breathing out stress, you're breathing in peace. So hopefully
you guys are in a comfort, comfortable position, and we're
going to do the four seven eight breath technique. And
this was developed by doctor andrews Well and this technique
(09:56):
is one of my favorites. You can search it out,
research it out and see how it was perfect specifically
designed to calm the nervous system, and it can be
used anytime, anytime you feel like it, when you're anxious
or stressed. You know, I did several different types of
breath work here with you guys on the broadcast, and
(10:19):
when I'm teaching, sometimes we incorporate more than one within
a class, and sometimes we just do this particular one
Saturday Tomorrow morning, we will be doing the dance and
bread and just a little fun that we have before
we actually start d session. So you're welcome to contact
(10:39):
me if you want to get in on that class
in the morning. It's going to start at nine a m.
That being said, let's go ahead and get started. I
want you to sit in a calm, comfortable position in
a place where you won't be disturbed. If you hear noise,
you know, it's okay, you can accept that it's there,
but you know to you know, listen to it. Just
(11:03):
bring yourself back to your breath. So I want you
to go ahead and just take a deep breath on
me right here, take another deep breath, and then just
breathe normally. I want you to stick comfortably in your
(11:24):
chair with your back straight. Some of you may be
lying down, just totally relax and be one with the
place you're lying down. Now, I want you to close
your eyes. If you feel comfortable where you are, and
as you're sitting or standing or lying down, whenever it
(11:46):
feels right for you, make sure that you begin to
focus on your breath. Relax your eyes, just relax your face, relax,
(12:08):
allow yourself to be at peace. Relax your shoulders and
your arms. Relax your legs, relax your feet, and I
want you to take a deep breath in and completely
exhale out through your mouth and make us soft. Allow
(12:33):
the sound to be free as when we begin to
do this breath work, and your breathing normally now at
this point, allow your breath to do what it does.
We're gonna take four breaths in when we begin. You're
gonna hold that breath for seven, and then you're gonna
(12:54):
exhale all the way out for a count of eight,
allow your breath to out all the way out, and
we're gonna repeat this cycle. So go ahead and take
a deep breath in for one two three four, hold
(13:16):
for seven six five four three two one, excel for
a count of eight seven six five four three two one,
(13:37):
in hell for one two three four, hold verse seven
six five four three two one, and ex hel for
eight seven six five four up three two one, inhale
(14:04):
for four three two one, and the whole for seven
six five four three two one, and excel for eight
seven six five four three two one. Now take a
(14:30):
see rescue inhale and whole and excel all the way
out and inhales free again and excel all the way out,
all the way out, and now allow your breath to
(14:54):
return to its normal flow. Yeah, keeping your awareness on
your breath, noticing how your breath feel and it's coming
into divide, noticing how it feels as it pleases, providing
(15:17):
con see it brings and analysis, Yes, and how sensing
the calm and the clarity that you're experiencing right now.
Notice in the peace breathing and that's breathing out, sir,
(15:39):
breathing him a calumns and breathing out inside, keeping your
mind on your breast, aware on your foot. Now allow
your eyes to gentically open. Why us to come back
(16:00):
into the room. Just kind of shake yourself a little bit.
How you feel, notice yourself, how this such thing that
calmness allows you, that you use breath work for the gifts.
(16:22):
That's a gift that you can give yourself every single
dain throughout the day, whenever you need it, whether you're
at your bess, aligning your event, spending in a line,
Remembering that your breath is always there to support you
is important. Remember that your breath is always there to
(16:43):
support you. Thank you for joining me, for this practice
and this little chat that we have today. I'm always
so excited to be with you guys. Can't wait to
see you guys tomorrow morning at nine am for our
dance and breath and Saturday we are having something that's
gone on with Jobless. Go ahead and contact me if
(17:06):
you are interested. Also check my web pages and if
there's something going on that's posted on event cards, So
contact me if you have any questions or you like
to know how you can get in on the class
on Saturday tomorrow or any other class that I may
(17:26):
be offering. It has been great. You take here, and guys,
breathe easy, so long,
Get to be here with you guys. While Hello, Hello everyone,
I'm always so glad to be here with you guys.
(00:22):
We are going to talk today. As always, we're always
going to talk about calming your life, so we're going
to talk about breath works today. Breath works to relieve stress.
I always want to help you be able to take
that stress away before we get started, So go ahead
and hit that follow button so you can follow me
(00:44):
here and stay in touch and in tune to what
I am doing here on the broadcast. So I want
to thank you guys for being here with me today
and those of you who are listening later tuning in
here today checking out what's going on with us here
as we do our little chat on breath works today,
(01:07):
I'm excited to share something with you that is is
a is your power tool, something that has the power
to transform how you deal with the stress that's in
your life. Something as simple and profound, as I always say,
as your breath, something that's free to you, something that
(01:27):
you use every single day, every moment with without even
thinking about it, you just breathe. But we know that
in this life that we live in our day to
day and this fast paced life that we live. In
our lives, stress things inevitable, indiable for I can't even
say the word help me out. Got inevitable deadlines on
(01:52):
our jobs, responsibilities that we have in our day to
day and you know, expectations of others that are placed
on us, you know, and some of those things are
must it must be, you know, but it can overwhelm us,
leaving little room for calm in our lives. So while
stress itself is not, you know, inherently bad, not all
(02:14):
the time, there's different types of stress. Crime. Stress can
actually affect your health. So that's the type of stress
that we want to be in control of in our lives.
It can affect our health, it can affect our productivity
in our day to day, and it even can affect
our relationships with our family, ourselves, our friends. But the
(02:37):
good news is what I'm about to tell you today.
The good news is that we all have a built intools.
We all have our breast this wonderful too, does God
given free to to come back that stress the power
of international breath work. It's the power that we all
(02:58):
have national hobe and that's something So guys, today I
want you to just be comfortable, be here with me,
And let's just tell a little bit more about our breath.
The connection between our breath and stress. Well, we experience stress,
our bodies activate, automatically activate that flight and fight, you know,
(03:22):
a fight and flight response. And you may notice that
your heart starts to raising, your breath becomes shallow, and
your muscles tense. Everything starts to tense up. And these
are signs of your sympathetic nervous system that it's on
over drive. We quickly go into that fight and flight.
(03:42):
So the act of controlling your breath, however, can shift
your body into that rest and digest, bringing you back
over into the parasynpathetic side of your nervous system. That rest,
that rest and digest, get you into that mechanism, into
that mode which is governed by your parasympathetic nervous system,
(04:05):
that rest and digest. You know, science has shown a
lot of studies on how the breath affects your stress level.
It shows that deep, intentional breathing can lower that blood pressure,
it can reduce cortisol levels and increased feelings of relaxation
(04:26):
and well being. And that's what we want to do.
We want to be able to flip the switch. We
want to be able to turn on that mechanism when
we need it. We want to be in control of
our stress level, and we want to be able to
you know, get that finds flight into that rest and
digest when we need to, which puts us in that
control that I'm talking about here today. So why does
(04:49):
it work? You know, why does breath work work? Think
of breath work as the bridge between your physical and
your mental states. So picture that with me today. Think
on that. It helps anchor to It anchors you to
the presence. You hear people saying, you know, be present
(05:10):
in this moment. You hear me send it all the time,
be present with me in this moment. And that goes
back to mindfulness that you hear me talk about a
lot a lot as well, being mindful, living in the moment,
you know, being present where you are right now, not
rushing things, being in the moment right now, not thinking
about what you're going to do later today, you know,
(05:32):
but accomplishing what you're doing or focusing on what you're
doing in this in this moment like right now. So
think of that for me. Think of breath work as
a bridge between your physical and your mental states, and
this will help you to anchor. Okay, So you're in
the present, You're in this present moment, and when you
(05:53):
consciously slow your breathing, it sends a signal to your
brain that it's safe, it's safe to just relax. It's okay,
it's going to be okay. Even as what's going on
in your present, the external pressures persist and things are
as they are, you can still relax because I always
(06:15):
tell people what you see is really not what's real. Okay,
so you can rest, you can take that deep breath
and say it's going to be okay. You just you know,
calm down. And so like in many ancient practices like
yoga to meditation, they have incorporated breathworks and it's been
(06:37):
going on. This has been going on for centuries. It's
not something new. It's just something that you know, people
are getting more understanding of and beginning to grasp the
hopes of it and make it a practice in their life.
So today in modern science is validated, They're validated. There's
(06:58):
scientific back up for breathworks and how it affects your body,
how it affects your mind, how it affects your life.
You know, it validates what the traditions of breathwork has
been known all along, mindfulness, mindful breathing, and how it
rewires the brains, you know, how how it fosters resilience
(07:22):
and a sense of true inner piece. So it's been
scientifically proven that it does work. But more than that,
you try it yourself and do it yourself. You'll have
that self experience of that piece, that rest and digests,
being able to flip that switch from that fighting flight
(07:43):
over into the rest and digests because we don't, we
don't want to stay over into that fighting flight over
on that synpathetic inside of the nervous system not a
good place to stay. We have to go there. You know,
at some point throughout your day to day you're going
to go up there nine times out of ten. If
(08:04):
you don't, that's great, but some of us do. But
you want to be able to switch the switch and
go back into the rest you dodges, and get back
over into the paraspics, that ex side of the nervous system.
So you know, we always practice. So I want you,
I want you to get in a comfortable place if
you haven't already, and I'll give you time to do that,
(08:26):
find yourself in a comfortable position, and we're going to
do a little simple breath work here together today. And
so that's how we're end this talk. Today, we'll practice
a simple yet effective breath work exercise. I want you
to know that it's going to make a change in
difference in your life today. I want you to expect that,
(08:49):
whether big or small, I want you to expect that change.
I want you to expect to help you throughout the
rest of the day as you go about doing what
you have to do. Take this with you, take that
step back. I always talk about purposeful pauses and living mindfully.
It works, guys, so important that you incorporate this in
(09:10):
your life, in your day to day. That will change
your life. You hear me, and I'm sure if you
hear any other breath coaches, we're always saying this in
our world. And change your energy, you change your life,
You change your life, you change your health. Breath works
will automatically help you change the healthfulness of your life.
(09:34):
Because you're pushing out stress and you're pulling in peace.
You're breathing out stress, you're breathing in peace. So hopefully
you guys are in a comfort, comfortable position, and we're
going to do the four seven eight breath technique. And
this was developed by doctor andrews Well and this technique
(09:56):
is one of my favorites. You can search it out,
research it out and see how it was perfect specifically
designed to calm the nervous system, and it can be
used anytime, anytime you feel like it, when you're anxious
or stressed. You know, I did several different types of
breath work here with you guys on the broadcast, and
(10:19):
when I'm teaching, sometimes we incorporate more than one within
a class, and sometimes we just do this particular one
Saturday Tomorrow morning, we will be doing the dance and
bread and just a little fun that we have before
we actually start d session. So you're welcome to contact
(10:39):
me if you want to get in on that class
in the morning. It's going to start at nine a m.
That being said, let's go ahead and get started. I
want you to sit in a calm, comfortable position in
a place where you won't be disturbed. If you hear noise,
you know, it's okay, you can accept that it's there,
but you know to you know, listen to it. Just
(11:03):
bring yourself back to your breath. So I want you
to go ahead and just take a deep breath on
me right here, take another deep breath, and then just
breathe normally. I want you to stick comfortably in your
(11:24):
chair with your back straight. Some of you may be
lying down, just totally relax and be one with the
place you're lying down. Now, I want you to close
your eyes. If you feel comfortable where you are, and
as you're sitting or standing or lying down, whenever it
(11:46):
feels right for you, make sure that you begin to
focus on your breath. Relax your eyes, just relax your face, relax,
(12:08):
allow yourself to be at peace. Relax your shoulders and
your arms. Relax your legs, relax your feet, and I
want you to take a deep breath in and completely
exhale out through your mouth and make us soft. Allow
(12:33):
the sound to be free as when we begin to
do this breath work, and your breathing normally now at
this point, allow your breath to do what it does.
We're gonna take four breaths in when we begin. You're
gonna hold that breath for seven, and then you're gonna
(12:54):
exhale all the way out for a count of eight,
allow your breath to out all the way out, and
we're gonna repeat this cycle. So go ahead and take
a deep breath in for one two three four, hold
(13:16):
for seven six five four three two one, excel for
a count of eight seven six five four three two one,
(13:37):
in hell for one two three four, hold verse seven
six five four three two one, and ex hel for
eight seven six five four up three two one, inhale
(14:04):
for four three two one, and the whole for seven
six five four three two one, and excel for eight
seven six five four three two one. Now take a
(14:30):
see rescue inhale and whole and excel all the way
out and inhales free again and excel all the way out,
all the way out, and now allow your breath to
(14:54):
return to its normal flow. Yeah, keeping your awareness on
your breath, noticing how your breath feel and it's coming
into divide, noticing how it feels as it pleases, providing
(15:17):
con see it brings and analysis, Yes, and how sensing
the calm and the clarity that you're experiencing right now.
Notice in the peace breathing and that's breathing out, sir,
(15:39):
breathing him a calumns and breathing out inside, keeping your
mind on your breast, aware on your foot. Now allow
your eyes to gentically open. Why us to come back
(16:00):
into the room. Just kind of shake yourself a little bit.
How you feel, notice yourself, how this such thing that
calmness allows you, that you use breath work for the gifts.
(16:22):
That's a gift that you can give yourself every single
dain throughout the day, whenever you need it, whether you're
at your bess, aligning your event, spending in a line,
Remembering that your breath is always there to support you
is important. Remember that your breath is always there to
(16:43):
support you. Thank you for joining me, for this practice
and this little chat that we have today. I'm always
so excited to be with you guys. Can't wait to
see you guys tomorrow morning at nine am for our
dance and breath and Saturday we are having something that's
gone on with Jobless. Go ahead and contact me if
(17:06):
you are interested. Also check my web pages and if
there's something going on that's posted on event cards, So
contact me if you have any questions or you like
to know how you can get in on the class
on Saturday tomorrow or any other class that I may
(17:26):
be offering. It has been great. You take here, and guys,
breathe easy, so long,
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