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Breath of life

Your breath is your foundation

The breath is the shortcut to feel anchored in the present.

We breathe up to 20,000 cycles a day. Unconscious breaths, set in motion by our autonomic nervous system. If we added 15 minutes a day of conscious breathing to our daily habit pattern, our whole system could reset itself and we would feel much more connected to ourselves and our environment.

Focus on your breath

Our autonomic nerves system connects the brain with the body and exists out of different systems, the fight and flight vs the rest and digest.

The para -sympathetic is a network of nerves that relaxes your body after periods of stress or danger. It also helps run life-sustaining processes, like digestion, during times when you feel safe and relaxed. ( the exhale, releases )

The sympathetic- nerves system which is a network of nerves that helps your body activate its “fight-or-flight” response. This system's activity increases when you're stressed, in danger or physically active. ( the inhale, activates )

When our body is under constant stress is lives fully in the Sympathetic nerve mode. Which influences , your brain, your heartbeat, your hormones.

Breathing is the quickest way to shift your thoughts, emotions and vibration. Everything vibrates on a certain frequency, what you send out, you will attract.

We increase our vibration to a more balanced way by breath exercises. You will able to change your frequency and within this you will change your thoughts and when you change your thoughts you will change your life. Our breath and our emotions are inextricably linked to let go of old emotions still residing in the body. Breath is a natural detoxifier and brings many health benefits to the body when performed well.

When we learn to work with the breath, magic will happen. Repressed feelings and emotions store up in the body and over time manifest as pain, chronic tension and probably illness. We should never be afraid to share how we feel. Being honest and never apologizing for what you feel is the same as saying sorry for being real. We need to recover our authentic true self. Feelings are there to guide you; suppressing them has consequences and will eventually take its toll. Your feelings are yours, and when you connect with your breath, you give yourself back control and mastery over your own life and health. Our breath is directly connected to the freedom we experience in our body and mind.

When we put something in tension (in-tension)

The in-breath versus the out-breath.

The power of the exhalation lives in the invitation to slow down with precense in the now.

When you inhale you add new oxygen to the body, inhalation activates while exhalation can be used to release toxins from the body.

A longer inhalation activates the body, which is what I suggest in the morning.

A longer exhalation brings calm and relaxation to the body, which is perfect for evening and sleep.

Sit on a straight chair with your feet flat on the floor and your hands on your belly or ribs As you inhale your belly should go out and as you exhale suppress your belly to your spine. Breathe in through your nose and breathe out through your mouth or your nose, whatever you want.

How you ground your system and relax your body. By counting your inhalations and exhalations you become aware of the present. When you exhale for at least 2 seconds longer than you inhale, you relax your body. The exhalation corresponds to the para-sympathetic nervous system, and for 99% of people this is the problem area where support is needed.

If you need more energy, you should perform the reverse version and inhale longer than exhale, which activates the sympathetic nervous system.

traditions

The Breath of life, from the oldest traditions into modern day personal and collective growth. The Sanskrit word is Pranayama -life force extension. The latin word for breath is spiritus, where the word spirit derives form. In ancient eastern traditions breath exercises were used to open the chi channels in the body.

sweet dreams

When you sleep poorly or you can’t fall asleep, do the following exercise.

Lay flat in your bed and put your hands on your belly. Breath in 4 seconds,

Retain the breath for 4 seconds breath out for 6 seconds and retain for 4.

Repeat the cycle. As long as you breath out longer than you breath in you will put your body in a state of relaxing. If. You find this hard you can decrease the retains in seconds.

stress

When people are anxious or when you feel very stressed I will bet that these people breath from the upper part of their lungs instead of deep belly breathing.

This type of breathing brings control and rest in your nervous system.

Lets get to work

When we work-on healing ourselves , cleaning up our thought, our conditioning patterns , words and deeds it does make a difference. This happens inside, internal. When we transform ourselves, we send good vibes throughout the universe and the outer is a manifestation of the inner.

Postures for the breathing exercise:

Sit on a chair where your spine is straight aligned and with two feet flat on the ground.
Lay down ( mostly in restorative or relaxed breath exercises)
If you wish to sit on the ground do so on a pillow or meditation cushion as this helps to straighten the spine.
Breath in through your nose and out through the mouth or nose
When you close your eyes , learn to focus on a certain body part for example the spot between your eyebrows. This pulls our intention inwards instead of external visual distractions.

Exercise one:

Sit on a straight chair.

Breath in and count internally 1, 2, 3, 4, and breath out 4 , 3 , 2, 1

Repeat this cycles 10 times.

How do you feel?

Did something in your body changed?

Exercise two:

How to fall a sleep quick

Begin breathing in and out though your nose for a few cycles.

Comfortable conscious cycles and no strain in the body.

Extend your inhales and exhales and make them longer and longer with every breath.

(Not uncomfortably long but a natural rhythm needs to take place)

When you are becoming more relaxed retain the breath for 3 seconds after your exhale and breath in again. Goodnight.

Exercise three:

Connect to your intuition

Lay down and breath in and out though your nose for a minute or so.

-Inhale slowly through your mouth , exhale gently through your mouth (same tempo)

Do this for 5 minutes and then go back to your nose breath to incorporate the energy if this exercise. Done.

Exercise four:

Nadi Shodhana 'Alternate Nostril Breathing' This translates as “subtle energy clearing breathing technique.” What are the benefits of alternate nostril breathing?

Alternate nostril breathing may help to:

-promote overall well-being

-relax your body and mind

-reduce anxiety

-lowers heart rate

These benefits, in turn, may help you to be more focused and aware.

You can use this breathing technique to help manage stressors in your daily life. You may also find that practicing alternate nostril breathing helps you to be more mindful of the present moment.

To practice alternate nostril breathing:

Sit in a comfortable position with legs crossed.
Place left hand on left knee.
Lift right hand up toward nose.
Exhale completely and then use right thumb to close right nostril.
Put your index and middle finger between the eyebrows
Inhale through left nostril and then close left nostril with your ringfinger.
Open right nostril and exhale through this side.
Inhale through right nostril and then close this nostril.
Open left nostril and exhale through left side.
This is one cycle.
Continue for up to 5 minutes.
Always complete the practice by finishing with an exhale on the left side.

Some background information.

Lets dive a bit deeper into pranayama (Indian and taoist breathing)

Prana meaning life force and Yama meaning extension.

You have a body and this body exists out of 3 major energy channels (the nadi’s)

The Ida.

The left side of your body is called the IDA and connected to your moon side and is good to imagine as blue energy.

The softer organs , this side is more connected to softness , feminine energy. (Shiva)

The Pingala.

The right side of the body is your sun side and good to imagine as red energy.

Here are the liver , the spleen this is your active side and more connected to masculine energy. (Shakti)

In the middle you have the main channel which we wish to open and this channel is called the Sushumna in Sanskrit. This is the life force channel and this channel can only be fully opened when the Ida and the Pingala are both clean and functioning without blockages. It is considered the central channel for the flow of prana throughout the body.

It's fun to have a look on Pranayama exercises on YouTube.

Have fun,

Bianca

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Humanity

85%

Consciousness

Level

below 207

Density

low

Year

2020

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