Breathwork
When we breathe consciously, the mind slows down and focuses on the present moment. That causes a sense of relief, allowing us to go back to focus on our tasks and routines. There are various breathing techniques and exercises that can help you release stress, achieve mindfulness on what really matters, and feel well. They will help you to relax, calm down, reduce anxiety, and relieve tension and stress.
The key benefits include
- Reduces stress and tension
- Reduces anxiety
- Helps to relax and calm down
- Improves health conditions and well-being
- Increases energy
- Improves mood and self-esteem
- Improve focus
- Increases creativity
Keep focus and reduce stress
Research has shown that breathing in a regulated way can balance the amount of noradrenaline, a natural chemical messenger that affects attention and certain emotions, in our brain and ultimately enhances focus.
The box breathing exercise is one good example of a technique to keep focus and reduce stress. The technique works by distracting the mind as you will count to four, which helps calm the nervous system and decrease stress in the body.
Positive impact on physical and mental health
There are many benefits of regular practice of breathwork. Lowered blood pressure and heart rate; pain management; improved lung capacity; improves sleep quality; reduces stress and anxiety; helps heal and overcome hard situations; improves focus and boosts creativity, etc. In addition to the physical stress response in your body, deep breathing can also help calm and slow down your emotional levels. These are the main benefits for the body and mind.
Transformation and healing
Breathwork offers a safe way to address anxiety, stress, grief, depression, and anger so that our moods do not start to take over our personal and professional lives. How we breathe is related to how we feel. We know that breathing positively actually goes beyond only affecting the nervous system. Changing your breath changes your brainwaves. There are five types of brainwaves that we move through daily. Breathwork is an effective way to shift your brainwaves from beta to alpha and even theta, decreasing negative thought patterns, stress, and depression levels.
Breathing techniques are tools for lasting transformation and healing. Breathwork is a powerful way to access your body’s intelligence to heal itself. It presents a range of whole-being therapeutic practices and exercises used to relieve mental, physical, or emotional tension. The transformation and healing process is all about you! The change starts within.
The method
We have developed a method that integrates different breathing exercises into the coaching intervention. One of them has the following steps
- You will be invited to sit comfortably in a chair.
- Once you are seated and your back is supported, as well as your feet on the floor, you will be invited to close your eyes and take a few big, deep breaths
- While breathing in, the coach suggests you imagine that the air was filled with a sense of calmness and peace. Then, the coach invites you to try to feel it throughout your body.
- While breathing out, the coach will propose you imagine that the air is leaving with all your stress and tension.
- The coach will ask you to use a word or phrase with your breath. As you breathe in, you will be asked to say in your mind, "I breathe in peace and calm."
- As you breathe out, you will say in your mind, "I breathe out stress and tension."
- The exercise can last either a few minutes or longer, depending on the need. When you feel that you can go on after some minutes of practicing it, the coach will ask about your feelings, and how was the experience for you.
In addition to being a popular relaxation method, breathwork has also proven to offer a range of health benefits. This makes it one of the most natural methods of treating various issues. Besides, it helps to improve your well-being in many different ways. It helps you to change your life for the better.
These are some breathwork benefits that have been scientifically proven. We expect to help you to integrate breathing exercises and techniques into your routine, helping you to live your best version. Going further, we invite you to test them integrated into coaching. What about experiencing something new?
