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HOW TO BREATHE PROPERLY

Most of us are “vertical breathers.” When you breathe vertically, your shoulders go up during the inhale and everything in your torso stretches up vertically. When you exhale, your shoulders go back down.

While it may feel like you’re taking a full breath when you breathe vertically, you’re not. You’re primarily using the tops of your lungs, which are the smallest parts of these organs. By using less of your lungs to inhale, you’re depriving your body of the oxygen it needs to function at its best.

But vertical breathing doesn’t just diminish our inhaling; it also messes up our exhaling. A vertical breath doesn’t allow us to expel all of our air completely. By not fully exhaling, you don’t allow your lungs room to breathe in fresh, new air. You can’t take a full, deep breath because there’s no room in your lungs to do so.

Posture

Poor posture is correlated to poor breathing patterns. It may sound counterintuitive to discuss the optimal position for breathing. But when we have poor posture, we have less available range for our ribs to move, lungs to inflate and therefore limited oxygen supply. 

Poor posture leads to less efficient with using oxygen. This over time limits how we use energy and negatively affects our state of being.

The best position to practice breath is either laying down, crossed legged/kneeling or sat in a chair. All should enable you to have a straight, neutral spine. Choose the best position that's most comfortable for you.

Let's Fix This

Breath is deeply linked to our stress physiology. Learning to reconnect doesn’t have to be complicated. We want to inspire you to feel the simple idea of getting reconnected to your breath.

Practice

1. Horizontal Breathing (hands expand). Hands onto your lower ribs.
2. If you can’t that’s fine, go front of the ribs and apply a tiny bit of pressure.
3. Then begin 3 minutes of breathing with hands to help you breath correctly.
4. Record below how this feels.

Remember - NASAL ONLY BREATH