Interoception – Your Body Sensing Sense How do you know when to go to the bathroom? When to eat? When to drink? When to go to bed? When to breathe? How do you know when you’re upset? How do you know when you feel safe? Your body senses what’s happening inside you and sends a […]
Breathing and Posture are intimately interconnected. Your diaphragm, your main breathing muscle, is the top of your core, whereas your pelvic floor is the bottom of your core. Every time you breathe, you’re impacting your intrabdominal pressure, spinal and core stability. Your posture impacts your breathing. How you breathe impacts your posture. Good posture allows
Hormones and your nervous system affect your breathing. Your breathing pattern is a result of your life history and your body’s current emotional and physiological condition. When we need to be alert and active, our breathing pattern is a little quicker. When we’re at peace and relaxed, our breathing pattern is a little lighter, softer,
What is anxiety and does breathing help? Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something an uncertain outcome. From psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Jud Brewer’s book, Unwinding Anxiety: Anxiety is everywhere. Many people don’t notice that they have anxiety since it hides in bad habits. Anxiety is
What does breathwork have to do with inflammation? To explain this connection, let’s first start by explaining why the body creates inflammation. Inflammation is the body’s response to a threat. This threat could be a bacteria or a virus, or this perceived threat could be physical, psychological, or emotional stress. Inflammation is your body’s defense
