240: Breathwork for stress relief

Wise Traditions

Weston A. Price Foundation

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.7 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Many of us have been told to "take a deep breath," when we're agitated. We know that it's a tool to help us calm down, but what is the physiology behind it? Today, Josh Trent, Founder of Wellness Force and expert in physical and emotional intelligence, helps us explore the benefits of breathwork, including stress relief.

Breathwork goes beyond one deep breath, of course. Josh gives us an overview of the benefits of a variety of breath phases: from wellness to cathartic breathing. He discusses studies that point to decreased anxiety and increased serotonin. In essence, breathwork gives our bodies a "permission slip" to relax that we desperately need in this day and age. And he walks us through a breathing exercise so we can get a taste of what it feels like to control our breath and release our stress.

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0:00.0	No matter who you are, like everybody is searching for peace and what is peace?
0:04.0	Peace is where we have confidence and where we have freedom.
0:08.0	So yes, why would we use breath work?
0:10.0	Why would we do any of this stuff that's not just exercise and movement?
0:14.1	It's because the world we live in is different than our great-great grandparents.
0:17.2	The where we live in requires more acute approaches that'll actually take away our
0:21.8	stress and give us that piece.
0:23.0	From the Weston A Price Foundation, welcome to the Wise Traditions Podcast for Wise Traditions in Food, Farming,
0:35.8	and The Healing Arts.
0:37.2	We are your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal
0:41.8	health. Hey, Hilda here.
0:45.0	We really need to work to figure out how to reduce our stress right now.
0:54.0	Can we learn to control our breathing to better manage our stress,
0:58.0	our current situation, our response to challenges,
1:01.0	and what benefits might we find? Will stress relief be one of
1:05.4	them? This is episode 240 and our guest today is Josh Trent. Josh is the
1:10.7	founder of Wellness Force Media.
1:13.0	He has spent the past 17 years as a researcher, trainer, and facilitator
1:18.0	discovering the physical and emotional intelligence
1:21.0	for humans to thrive in our modern world.
1:24.0	Josh holds a CES certification from the National Academy of Sports Medicine.
1:29.0	And today we discuss breath work, its many benefits including lowering our blood pressure, reducing acute anxiety,
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