Take a few moments to BREATHE. 

We inhale + exhale approximately 20,000 times per day. With up to ten muscles that can be utilized for inhalation + eight for forced exhalation, the breath has powerful effects on the physical, emotional + mental planes.

The ancients connected with the breath more closely as the breath of life, or the supreme life force: the waves that ride back + forth, connecting us with the universe. If you’ve ever been stressed or anxious, the first thing that deserts you is the breath, your chest tightens + as the lack of oxygen hits your body; your anxiety increases. If I think back to times of stress where someone has told me to, ‘Just breathe’ – it was the last thing my overactive mind + nervous system wanted to hear, but it was probably the best thing I could have done for myself.

Breath can be a gauge of life force + it is the only autonomous bodily function that we can control. The breath moves through our body from birth until death, but it often becomes shallower over time. This tends to be the default, unless we consciously shift it. With so much tied up in our breath – and the simple gift of being able to work with this most potent of autonomic functions – it’s worth exploring the benefits of rethinking how we breathe.

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Take a few moments to BREATHE. 

We inhale + exhale approximately 20,000 times per day. With up to ten muscles that can be utilized for inhalation + eight for forced exhalation, the breath has powerful effects on the physical, emotional + mental planes.

The ancients connected with the breath more closely as the breath of life, or the supreme life force: the waves that ride back + forth, connecting us with the universe. If you’ve ever been stressed or anxious, the first thing that deserts you is the breath, your chest tightens + as the lack of oxygen hits your body; your anxiety increases. If I think back to times of stress where someone has told me to, ‘Just breathe’ – it was the last thing my overactive mind + nervous system wanted to hear, but it was probably the best thing I could have done for myself.

Breath can be a gauge of life force + it is the only autonomous bodily function that we can control. The breath moves through our body from birth until death, but it often becomes shallower over time. This tends to be the default, unless we consciously shift it. With so much tied up in our breath – and the simple gift of being able to work with this most potent of autonomic functions – it’s worth exploring the benefits of rethinking how we breathe.

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Made in Kauai, with Love + Intention.

Take a few moments to BREATHE. 

We inhale + exhale approximately 20,000 times per day. With up to ten muscles that can be utilized for inhalation + eight for forced exhalation, the breath has powerful effects on the physical, emotional + mental planes.

The ancients connected with the breath more closely as the breath of life, or the supreme life force: the waves that ride back + forth, connecting us with the universe. If you’ve ever been stressed or anxious, the first thing that deserts you is the breath, your chest tightens + as the lack of oxygen hits your body; your anxiety increases. If I think back to times of stress where someone has told me to, ‘Just breathe’ – it was the last thing my overactive mind + nervous system wanted to hear, but it was probably the best thing I could have done for myself.

Breath can be a gauge of life force + it is the only autonomous bodily function that we can control. The breath moves through our body from birth until death, but it often becomes shallower over time. This tends to be the default, unless we consciously shift it. With so much tied up in our breath – and the simple gift of being able to work with this most potent of autonomic functions – it’s worth exploring the benefits of rethinking how we breathe.

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Made in Kauai, with Love + Intention.

THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THE BREATH.

The emotions and thoughts of the mind are closely linked to the breath. It’s the universal law of correspondence at work. The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali says when you control your breath, you can control your mind and emotions. A recent study conducted by Stanford Scientists confirms this link between the breath and states of being. There is a group of neurons in the brain responsible for the respiratory system which connect breathing to states of mind. This small neuronal subpopulation works as a breathing rhythm generator sending signals directly to the centre of the brain, and subsequently playing a key role in stress, attention and alertness.

This scientific knowledge makes a lot of sense when we correlate it back to our experiences. Shallow, quick or rapid breathing is often a symptom of someone experiencing anxiety or stress. When the mind is calm, the breath follows with an even, slow pace. When someone is angry, their breath can become forceful and rapid, when depressed or despondent – sighing and depletion sets in, and when in pain, people tend to gasp. Of course, there are variations on these experiences, but we do tend to shift the way we breathe as different emotions arise.

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