How Your Breath Can Heal Anxiety #340

Heal Thy Self with Dr. G

Heal Thy Self

Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2024

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Discover the life-changing impact of proper breathing on your overall health and wellness in this episode of the Heal Thyself Podcast. Learn how diaphragmatic and belly breathing can reduce stress, improve circulation, and support detoxification while enhancing your mind-body connection. Explore actionable techniques like box breathing, diaphragm release, and humming breath for vagus nerve stimulation. Plus, understand how breathing patterns affect your hormones and fascia network. Start your journey to better health today by mastering the healing power of breath! #breathing #wellness #health ==== Thank You To Our Sponsors! Puori Click here https://puori.com/drg and use code DRG for 20% off the already discounted subscription prices. Nuzest Go to https://nuzest-usa.com/drg and use code DRG for 20% off all products. ==== Show Notes: 00:00:00 - Introduction to Breathing and Its Impact on Health 00:00:38 - Welcome to the Heal Thyself Podcast 00:00:56 - The Connection Between Body, Mind, and Spirit 00:01:07 - Understanding Proper Breathing Techniques 00:01:40 - The Importance of Diaphragmatic Breathing 00:02:02 - Common Breathing Patterns and Their Effects 00:02:42 - The Benefits of Belly Breathing 00:03:06 - Physiology of Breathing: Chest vs. Belly 00:03:33 - The Consequences of Chest Breathing 00:04:10 - How Belly Breathing Works 00:05:10 - The Role of Breathing in Stress and Inflammation 00:09:12 - Understanding Fascia and Its Connection to the Body 00:09:47 - Understanding the Fascian Network and Diaphragm Connection 00:10:26 - Impact of Poor Breathing on Body Stiffness 00:10:59 - How Loose Fascia Affects Circulation and Detoxification 00:11:11 - The Diaphragm's Role in Overall Body Tension 00:11:25 - Effects of Chest Breathing on Hormones 00:11:46 - Consequences of Prolong Elevated Cortisol Levels 00:12:14 - Benefits of Deep Belly Breathing 00:12:32 - Building a Sustainable Belly Breathing Habit 00:12:58 - Awareness Check: Where Are You Breathing From? 00:13:19 - Exercise: Identifying Your Breathing Pattern 00:13:47 - Technique: Deep Belly Breathing Exercise 00:14:57 - Training Your Diaphragm Through Practice 00:15:09 - Habit Stacking for Belly Breathing 00:15:49 - Setting Reminders for Breathing Practices 00:16:08 - Introduction to Box Breathing Technique 00:16:44 - Diaphragm Release Techniques 00:17:48 - Humming Breath for Vagus Nerve Stimulation 00:18:11 - The Importance of Breathing for Health and Vitality 00:18:30 - Personal Experience with Belly Breathing 00:18:44 - Conclusion: The Healing Power of Breath 00:19:08 - Closing Remarks and Encouragement

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0:00.0	A lot of us are breathing from our chest and do not have any idea how it's going to affect
0:04.5	our immune system, our nervous system, our hormones. But yes, chest breathing alone can be the
0:10.5	reason why you're anxious, whereas belly breathing is the most essential way to bring back your
0:15.6	awareness into your body and come to a state of calm and balance. In this episode, I hear
0:20.8	myself, I talk thyself.
0:21.4	I talk over the physiology, the importance of belly breathing,
0:24.0	but I give you the most practical exercises you can do at home for five to 10 minutes.
0:28.6	It completely changes your nervous system to have a better relationship.
0:32.8	So your belly breathing every single day.
0:38.3	All right, and welcome to the Heal Thyself podcast.
0:42.0	Thank you so much, everyone for joining the show.
0:44.8	As always, rating, reviewing, subscribing, sharing it with your loved ones.
0:48.5	What a gift to have you here.
0:50.5	I truly am grateful.
0:51.6	In this episode, we're going to talk about something really, really, really
0:55.2	potent and incredible. And it is the way we reconnect our body, mind, and spirit. And do not go any
1:02.1	further than talking about breathing. Oh, yeah, breathing. We know how to breathe. Do we know how to breathe?
1:07.0	Do you know how? Are you breathing the way that nature intended? Or are you breathing in a way that you've
1:12.4	compensated for such a long time? Because if you're doing all these meditations and all these
1:17.2	healthy supplements and all these healthy diets, but my God, your nervous system isn't even
1:21.3	breathing. It's not even responding to correct breath. That is a major, major problem. Put it this way.
1:27.3	When I teach my somatic students
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