Breath work

Box breathing is a deep breathing technique designed to calm the mind and body after a stressful experience. ☁️⁠ ⁠ The benefits of box breathing, have been shown to have a healthy impact on blood pressure, heart rate, and cortisol levels (the body’s main stress hormone).⁠ ⁠ Have you tried box breathing? ⁠ ⁠ #boxbreathing #stressrelief

Breathwork is a modern term for the ancient practices of breathing consciously using a number of specific techniques based on yogic breathing, or 'pranayama'. These techniques can bypass the thinking mind, relieve stress, calm the mind, improve overall health, boost energy, process emotions and give us access to heightened states of consciousness.

In the words of Thich Nhat Hahn, conscious breathing is your anchor. Keep reading to discover: if you are breathing too little or over-breathing and why it matters, the science behind breathwork, and how to achieve more emotional balance through your breath.

These breath practices will help you whenever stress comes up in your life. Focusing on your breath will allow you to gain clarity and return to a positive, happy state.

Breathing is the very essence of life and, despite taking roughly a half-billion breaths over the course of your life, you may not give it much consideration since it occurs automatically. Not only does breath sustain life, the way we breathe can influence our thoughts and physiology, and vice versa. Yoga breathwork (pranayama) can positively…

Breathwork has been practiced for centuries across many different cultures - Chinese, Jewish, the ancient Greeks, India, different tribes in Africa, and more - for healing, reaching ecstatic states, reaching states of extraordinary consciousness, self-discovery, and spiritual healing.My definition o