Breathing
Breathing is an automatic, unconscious activity that we don't need to think about unless there is unaccustomed effort, such as when we run up a flight of stairs, have a cold or maybe an asthma attack. However, there is more to breathing than meets the eye!
Just as we can have tense shoulders, hips or low back, we can have tense breathing. When we have tense thoughts or feelings our breathing often adapts to what our body believes is a life threatening event in which we will have to fight or run for our lives! Then, when the event is over - because we haven’t actually fought or run for our lives - our breathing can remain “stuck” in a tense mode.
Breathing can also be disturbed by health problems such as asthma, chronic bronchitis and/or pneumonia.
Find out more about how to use your breath to improve your health and help you to relax more deeply by clicking on the topics below.
