538: The Importance of Belly Breathing vs. Chest Breathing (TT)
The Cabral Concept
Dr. Stephen Cabral
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šļø 27 July 2017
ā±ļø 15 minutes
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Summary
It may seem trivial to talk about whether you're breathing into your chest or your belly, but believe it or not, it canĀ make an enormousĀ difference...
Belly breathing literally providesĀ more than 3x the oxygen of chest breathing, which means every cell in your body and brain will be that much more energized...
This extra oxygen can help improve brain fog, fatigue, anxiety, depression, join pain, inflammation, and much more!
Tune into today's #CabralConcept 538 for additional details on the importance of belly breathing vs. chest breathing - Enjoy the show!
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| 0:12.3 | or search directly on iTunes. And now welcome to the |
| 0:15.7 | Cabral concept where board certified naturopath and integrative health |
| 0:19.6 | practitioner Dr. Stephen Cabral shares how he was diagnosed at the age of 17 with a life-altering illness |
| 0:25.6 | and given no hope for recovery. It was only after studying and traveling all over the world |
| 0:30.2 | did he discover how to combine ancient iavada healing practices with state-of-the-art |
| 0:34.6 | naturopathic and functional medicine to fully rebalance the body and re-energize it with life. |
| 0:40.0 | It's time to discover how to get well, lose weight, and finally feel alive again. |
| 0:44.5 | And now here's your host, Dr. Stephen Cabral. |
| 0:49.2 | I'm excited to bring you today's training Thursday show. |
| 0:52.4 | I've had this topic to talk about actually for |
| 0:54.3 | quite some time. It's just I've had other things pop up that I've wanted to bring |
| 0:58.1 | you but today's finally the day that we talk about chess breathing first belly breathing and why that really is such an important |
| 1:05.7 | thing to focus on. So a lot of times like, oh, does it really matter how I'm breathing if I'm just |
| 1:10.5 | breathing at all? And you know, a lot of people joke around that there's really no big deal |
| 1:14.1 | It's really no difference, but there is there's actually a physiological difference that happens in both body and mind when you breathe into your belly |
| 1:24.6 | Versus breathing into your chest and I'm going to explain that right now so when someone says oh you're a chess breather |
| 1:29.2 | meaning like if you're working with a fitness or health coach and they're watching you breathe. They'll |
| 1:34.3 | actually be able to see if you are breathing more into your belly or more into your |
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