Control Your Heart, Control Your Life
Breathing techniques to lower your heart rate
Strong emotions can make the heart literally go wild. Anxiety, stress, even love - think of the cartoon wolf
whose heart literally pounds out of his chest.
It skips a beat or two or beats over a hundred times a minute, and while that does not necessarily mean
you are in trouble, it can be uncomfortable or just a bit annoying.
Today, I want to share a different way to gain control of your heart.
You may have heard about something called breath holding. You may have done it as a child in your
bathtub (which is, by the way, a bad idea which will be explained shortly).
Did you know that some people can hold their breath for more than twenty minutes?
This sounds crazy (and dangerous!) but in the sport of freediving, where you dive on a single breath of air,
it is business as usual.
Freedivers have been guinea pigs for scientists and thanks to their efforts, we know a lot more about how
our breath is linked to our mind and heart.
Breath holding offers many benefits (if done safely - never alone in water and in a safe location when
done on dry land).
For instance, studies have shown that the heart actually works BETTER after doing a breath hold
session.
(link to optional video to embed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOyU1OH8nMg)
As you go deeper into the dive, the Mammalian Dive Response - the little dolphin fluttering in your belly -
kicks in. As a result of conserving energy, your heart slows down.
This is one of the immediate effects when doing breath hold exercises which you can notice when you
feel your pulse or measure your pulse with a fingertip pulse oximeter.
But, as you continue to train breath holding, you strengthen your mind and nervous system to where
you gain more control over your heart.
Now that you are aware of the power of conscious breathing and breath holding, do you want to
learn more relaxation, visualization, breathing and breathing exercises to improve your health,
increase your energy, release stress and strengthen your mental resilience?
Click here to find out more about Breatheology ESSENTIALS
With this guided program improving your breathing habits will be a piece of cake. Go on an
exciting journey with 4x world champion freediver Stig Severinsen and fellow students in
recorded group sessions and go through the exercises, practice the techniques and acquire
the new good breathing and relaxation skills.
You’ll start to feel a transformation in just a few days!