Breathwork to Reduce Blood Pressure |Strength Training For Your Diaphragm
Breathwork has become something of a hot topic in the wellness world over the last few years with more and more methods being explored.
Of course, I say the last few years, but in reality, yogis and monks have been using breathwork for 1000’s of years. If its a practice that has stood the test of time, there must be something it!
It’s nothing new, but as our lives become ever more fast-paced, the art of slowing down to breathe has become something of a lost practice.
Why So Shallow?
We have become more chest-dominant breathers. Breathing quicker and more shallow. Think of the woman in the horror movie who is stumbling about in the dark and about to come to a grizzly death. How is her breathing? Rapid, shallow, breathing right up in the chest and on the verge of a panic attack.
It's a good practice to take note of your own breathing throughout the day, as I sit and type this I notice I am indeed chest breathing. So I stop and take a long, deep and full breath to add calm.
Chest breathing is typical of a person living fasted paced on a high adrenalin roller coaster of life.
Versus diaphragmatic breathing. For most people (myself included) this will require a…
