Are you breathing WRONG?

Nov 6 2 min read

I'm tired all the time, and heard that breathing the wrong way might have something to do with it. Am I breathing wrong? Are you breathing wrong, too?

How can Breathing the Wrong Way Damage Your Body?

And what is nitric oxide?

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Noses are meant for breathing - mouths are meant for eating.

Here are 6 reasons you should not be breathing through your mouth:

Bad Breath
Dry Mouth
Gingevitis
Tooth Cavities and tooth decay
Throat and ear infections
Low Oxygen concentration in the blood, associated to a higher risk of high blood pressure that can lead to heart attacks and strokes.

The nose also produces Nitric oxide which is a stimulant of the cardiovascular and immune system and it's super important.

So what does breathing have to do with how your body works?

How does it affect your involuntary nervous system?

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Breathing is the only thing you can do completely consciously OR unconsciously. It's the only chance we have to influence the involuntary nervous system. Disturbances in the involuntary nervous system causes a great number chronic disease.
Involuntary System has 2 sides:

the Sympathetic nervous system that 'revs things up' for emergencies in the 'fight or flight'
the Parasympathetic nervous system which has the opposite effect, it calms you down

Both of these have to be in Balance. For most people the Sympathetic is always running way too high. All the stimulation in our environment, and stress.

Which is responsible for high blood pressure, circulatory problems, digestive problems.

So what works best to lower your stress?

What does Dr Weil think works best to de-stress you and save you from high blood pressure and circulatory problems?

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So out of of everything you can do to lower your stress and relax you the cheapest, easiest thing you can do is Breathing Techniques.

The Basics of Breathing are any time you are feeling stressed, you can breath:

Deeper

Slower

Quieter

and more Regular.

We go into a lot more specific techniques later this week. Stay tuned for all the best tools to help you Breath better and get yourself back into a state of Balance. Namaste!