The exhale portion of breathing is tied to the “rest or digest reflex,” just like the inhale is tied to the “fight or flight reflex.” So, the obvious tool to use is our exhalation when facing stressors. However, it sounds easy to think “just exhale” until a sudden, new, different type of stressor hits us, and instead we inhale and brace in response. This dumps a chemical cocktail into our bloodstream, embedding into our fatty tissues and causing cumulative damage. How we breathe under stress is determined by how we have trained ourselves to breathe. Therefore, beginning with the research I conducted with a neurobehavioral clinic in the 1990s, I invented techniques to interweave breathing techniques into exercise. Unfortunately, most exercise programs unwittingly reinforce distress, adding to the problem, decreasing performance, and creating a hormonal burden which eventuates in stress-related illness (and even untimely death.) Check out my free breathing technique video and book which you can use to enhance your physical performance in ALL exercise programs. breathinggift Very Respectfully, Scott Sonnon Chief Operations Officer RMAXInternational
Posted on: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:36:03 +0000
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