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Breathwork
WHY PRACTICE BREATHWORK?
Wake up feeling exhausted and need coffee?
Have trouble falling or staying asleep at night?
Want to meditate regularly but can’t stick to it?
Breathwork can help.
We can use our breath to give us energy, calm us down, help us to focus, prepare for sleep, become more still, improve our fitness, reduce stress and anxiety, manage our emotions and our mood, and
more...
BALANCING
Balance the two sides of the autonomic nervous system. Create harmony in the body, feel grounded before a meditation practice, and come back to your center.
ENERGISING
Warm-up the body, create energy, increase your blood pressure, and speed up your heart rate. Use these to improve motivation and focus, and to get energy at any time of the day.
CALMING
Reduce stress and anxiety, recover after intense exercise, and reconnect mind and body. These exercises are physically cooling and help to slow down your heart rate.
BALANCING
Warm-up the body, create energy, increase your blood pressure, and speed up your heart rate. Use these to improve motivation and focus, and to get energy at any time of the day.
ENERGISING
Warm-up the body, create energy, increase your blood pressure, and speed up your heart rate. Use these to improve motivation and focus, and to get energy at any time of the day.
CALMING
Reduce stress and anxiety, recover after intense exercise, and reconnect mind and body. These exercises are physically cooling and help to slow down your heart rate.
32 Cards to Help you
Deplug, Destress & Connect
with your Breath
The properties of Breathwork
Activates the Sympathetic Nervous System
The side of our nervous system often referred to as “fight or flight”. It is active when we are exerting energy, concentrating, problem-solving and when our body produces adrenaline. It is also triggered by stress as well as determination.
Activates the Parasympathetic Nervous System
This side of our nervous system helps us to ‘rest and digest’. It is activated when we are eating, resting, sleeping, and recovering. Its main purpose is to regulate bodily functions like digestion and urination and to conserve energy to be used later.
Calming
These exercises can be used to reduce stress and anxiety, recover from intense exercise, or reconnect the mind and body by focusing on the breath. They have the effect of being physically cooling as well as slowing down the heart rate.
Energizing
Energizing cards will help you to warm up the body from within, create internal energy, increase your blood pressure, and speed up your heart rate. Use these exercises to improve motivation and focus, and to get energy at any time of the day.
Produces Nitric Oxide
Nitric Oxide, a gas we create by breathing through only our nose, causes our blood vessels to widen, which increases blood flow and lowers blood pressure. This helps get more oxygen and nutrients to our muscles, increases the amount of oxygen our body can use (VO2 max), and improves our physical fitness. It is also a natural mood enhancer and even improves libido.
Produces Carbon Dioxide
These exercises can be used to reduce stress and anxiety, recover from intense exercise, or reconnect the mind and body by focusing on the breath. They have the effect of being physically cooling as well as slowing down the heart rate.
Lung Expansion
By practicing these exercises, you can increase your lung capacity – the amount of air you canhold in your lungs. This reduces the number of times we need to breathe which leads to more efficient breathing, causes less stress on our lungs, and even helps us to live longer. Additionally, more oxygen to the brain improves focus and clarity while more oxygen to the cells and muscles has a positive effect on physical performance.
Balancing
Use these cards to balance the two sides of the autonomic nervous system – our “rest and digest” and “fight or flight” states of being. Balancing exercises create harmony in the body, help you to feel grounded before a meditation practice, and counteract the effects of being either too hyperactive or lazy.
Reconnect With Your Breath.
Create harmony and stillness in your body. Prepare for mediation. Deepen your yoga practice.
Relax. Restore.
Replenish.
Give your body a chance to rest. Recover after intense physical exercise. Prepare for a good night's sleep.
No Preparation
Needed.
Create your own breathing sequences using our categories and cue cards, or try one of our 14 pre-planned sequences.
Practice Alone Or With Friends
Breathwork works great in a group. If you're a Breathwork facilitator, yoga teacher or interested in partnering with us, enquire about our affiliate programme.
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