Breathing exercises to reduce stress

In this course students will learn several breathing and relaxing techniques . Many of us are unaware how our everyday breathing is affecting our health and wellness.

Constant stress can affect the body in adverse ways. It's a constsnt wear and tear on the body and mind and ages the cells.

Most of us are under constant stress and may not even be aware.

The two basic types of breath are:

• Chest breathing, which uses secondary muscles in your upper chest. Chest breathing is designed to be used in situations of great exertion, such as a sprint or race. During stressful situations, you may inadvertently resort to chest breathing. This can lead to tight shoulder and neck muscles and sometimes even headaches. Chronic stress can magnify these symptoms.

• Diaphragmatic breathing, which comes from the body's dominant breathing muscle — the diaphragm. This type of breathing is more effective and efficient. It can lead to feelings of relaxation instead of tightness.

This class will give the student many options to put into practice such as ocean breathing (Ujjhi breath) , progressive relation, body scan, 4,7,8, breath, mindful meditation and more. I will explin how each exercise affects the body.

We will take time to practice each exercise and discuss afterwards.

I encourage students to take notes, find a quiet place to practice and show up with an open mind.

Such Students will be taught about the two major parts of the nervous system, Sympatic (fight or flight) and parasympathetic (rest and digest).

Each learner will have many tools to use for a lifetime after course is completed.