The Importance of Conscious Breathing
Take a moment and breathe. Breathing is something we as humans do without a second thought. What happens when you take a moment to intentionally breathe? Conscious breathing is the practice of intentionally setting your focus on your breathing technique.
Conscious breathing, also known as breathwork, has been associated with multiple benefits as follows:
1.Heal Emotional Pain & Trauma
Happiness has been associated with slow breathing patterns. By slowing your breathing, you can intentionally place yourself into a state of happiness. Pierre Phillipot conducted a research study in which he discovered that different emotional states are connected to different types of breathing patterns. Participants in this study were instructed to induce themselves into emotional states and then report on their breathing while experiencing positive and negative emotions. It was discovered that each emotion had its own breath pattern. Participants who felt anxious or fearful breathed fast and shallowly. People who felt happy inhaled deep breaths and breathed at a slower rate.
2.Increase Calmness
The parasympathetic nervous system oversees helping the body to rest and digest. Breathing techniques have shown that they can help to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and can train the body to be calmer. Preliminary studies have shown that regularly practicing breathwork can lower the body’s level of cortisol, which is the hormone associated with stress. Lower levels of cortisol create a calmer state of the body and keep it there in the face of life stressors.
3.Boost Immunity
Besides benefiting your mental health, breathwork has physical benefits as well. Breathwork can boost the body’s natural immunity. Continuously practicing conscious breathing will naturally improve your heart rate and will contribute to improving the autonomic nervous system and ultimately your immunity. Breathwork can also increase the genetic activity of white blood cells which increases your ability to fight illnesses. LUMINAS Immune Boost patches can help your body naturally improve your immune system using electroceutical technology. Use these in conjunction with breathwork to help your body improve its overall wellbeing.
4.Help Ease Chronic Pain
Conscious breathing can ease chronic pain by relaxing tense muscles that agitate the chronic pain itself. Studies have shown that people who suffer from chronic pain breathe in the upper regions of their lungs. Without breathing in the lower regions of your lungs, it makes it more difficult for the body to enter deep relaxation. By forcing your body into a relaxed state, you can trick your body’s perception of pain. It also distracts your body from the pain, by placing your focus on your breathing rather than the pain.
5.Increase Confidence Self Image & Self Esteem
By being aware of your breathing you can slow yourself down and the activity in your brain. This will leave you feeling more stable and more in control of your emotions. Conscious breathing and meditation often go hand in hand. By taking control of your breathing, you can learn to take control of your thoughts. When you enter deep relaxation from breathing, take a moment to speak positive affirmations to yourself. Practice makes perfect, and the more often you speak positive things about yourself while taking control of your breathing you will be able to change your mindset over time.
Use this as a reminder to breathe throughout the day and allow yourself a moment of deep relaxation. When life brings on its stressors, just breathe.
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For more insights on enhancing your well-being, explore these related articles:
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- Understand the psychology of pain and the mind-body connection
- Explore the benefits of positive affirmations
