June 11, 2025 • 49 mins
Is poor breathing affecting your health? Learn how simple breathwork techniques can boost your sleep, reduce stress, and enhance athletic performance. In this episode, Dr. Kristen Holmes, shares life-changing insights about how something as simple as breathing has a transformative impact on your mind and body. Discover her four recommended breathing techniques to improve your health today.
(00:00) Intro
(00:50) Why We Should Care About Our Breath
(02:37) What is the Correct Breathing Technique?
(04:37) The Importance of Nasal Breathing
(08:17) Are You Breathing Wrong?
(09:02) Take the CO₂ Tolerance Test to See How Well You Breathe
(13:48) Four Breathing Techniques to Improve Health
(16:16) What is Diaphragmatic Breathing aka Belly Breathing?
(17:40) How To Do Diaphragmatic Breathing
(19:56) Practice Diaphragmatic Breathing Anywhere
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(25:21) Physiological Sigh for Stress Reduction
(28:23) How To Do A Physiological Sigh
(30:27) Incorporate the Physiological Sigh Into Your Life
(31:43) Box Breathing and Its Health Benefits
(33:49) How to Do Box Breathing
(36:05) The Science Behind Resonance Frequency Breathing
(39:30) How Resonance Frequency Breathing Works
(42:12) Find Your Resonance Frequency Breathing Rate
(45:15) Final Thoughts: Keep Practicing Your Breathing
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