Why do I teach movement classes?
Movement classes support the breath and are a great addition to breathwork training. Movement improves your posture and rib mobility, enabling a better breath.
Breathing for Champions
When we work out we breathe differently. We have to, our bodies need more oxygen. But how do you breathe differently?
Posture & Breathing
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
Your Diaphragm – one of my favorite muscles in the body
Your diaphragm muscle will work all by itself or you can control it. Your diaphragm is your main breathing muscle. When you inhale your diaphragm moves downward which creates more space in your lungs, causing air to flow into the body. As you exhale, your diaphragm moves upward and compresses your lungs, squeezing air out
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Breathing at Altitude
Why is Breathing at Altitude so hard? What happens when we travel up in elevation? Why do athletes go to higher elevation to train?To start we need to talk atmospheric pressure. As we go up in elevation, the pressure decreases. Decreasing pressure means there is less stuff moving around in the air. The air around
What’s your tolerance to carbon dioxide?
Your tolerance to carbon dioxide determines when you feel the urge to breathe. We must breathe to get rid of excess carbon dioxide produced during cellular metabolism. However, we also need to keep some carbon dioxide in our lungs and blood so that our red blood cells are able to let go of oxygen and