Posts Tagged ‘breathing exercises’
Humming Your Way to Calm
Perhaps you had a mom who sang lullabies and hummed to you as a baby. Or maybe you remember humming to yourself as you skipped rocks at the lake with your cousins or while you rode bikes in your neighborhood. There’s something that mothers and small children are naturally attuned to that many of us…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Biohack: Nose Breathing
Nose breathing is something that humans are designed to do by default, but up to 50% of the human population engages in mouth breathing instead, at least to some degree. In fact, most people are only using about 10-20% of their lung capacity! Not only are you made for nose breathing, it offers countless benefits,…
Read MoreBreathing Exercises for Anytime or with Your HUSO
The importance of the breath + breathing exercises Did you know that most people in Western society breathe too shallowly? This shallow breathing habit contributes to feelings of anxiety. Breathing exercises can help. Think about how you breathe when faced with a life-threatening situation. You go into fight or flight mode: shallow breathing is a…
Read MoreStress: The Uninvited Holiday Guest
So, the holidays are here! Many of us have a love/hate relationship with this time of year. So much fun to have, but so much work to finish before we can have that fun. So many lines to stand in, so much shopping, cleaning, cooking, hordes of kids and relatives in the house….most of us…
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