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LaFrance M Hect M A Option or obligation to smile The effects of power and
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PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body
Chapter Breathe Less Nasally and without
Pharyngeal Tension
The yogis life is not measured by the number of his days but by the number of his breaths
BKS lyengar
In Chapter we established the first four tenets of diaphragmatic breathing extend the
breath over longer intervals breathe deeper to increase the tidal range breathe at a
steady smooth rate and breathe assertively regardless of social pressure We also talked
about how if you are doing these things properly your inhalations should be recruiting your
diaphragm thereby pushing your belly out In Chapter we added the passive exhalation
pointing out that you can let your breathing muscles go limp on the outbreath to provide them
with a microbreak
Hopefully by now you have practiced these using a breath metronome and have learned
what paced diaphragmatic breathing feels like and how to sustain it You should feel
comfortable breathing for several minutes at a rate of around fivesecond inhalations and
sevensecond exhalations Perhaps you have advanced closer to eight and This chapter will
return to the topic of breathing offering further background and more breathing techniques to
complement what you have already learned
Stop Hyperventilating
remember being pulled around by the pressures and concerns of life Everything felt rapid
loud and urgent and would breathe fast and hard in an attempt to keep up with it all Then
when things slowed down and found myself in a quiet room with others my overbreathing
stuck out like a sore thumb They could hear me heaving taking two or three breaths for every
breath they took found it embarrassing but because my body had adapted to
hyperventilating there was little could do about it in the moment
Today many selfhelp breathing gurus tell their followers they are not inhaling enough air
and consequently are not getting enough oxygen The people giving this advice are mostly
confused It is overbreathing that is unhealthy and it is the rapid cycles of heavy inhaling and
exhaling that we want to stop This excessive breathing is called hyperventilation and results
in abnormally high oxygen levels and low levels of carbon dioxide This is why medical
personnel give people who are hyperventilating a paper bag to breathe into it depletes them
of oxygen Rebreathing exhaled carbon dioxide trapped in the paper bag helps them reduce
overoxygenation and quell their panic Inordinate oxygen intake can be just as bad as
insufficient oxygen intake Like overeating overbreathing amounts to too much of a
good thing
During stress thoracic breathing is accentuated to meet the anticipated increases in
oxygen demands If the anticipated event never arrives there is no increase in physical activity
and the extra oxygen is never used This is why hyperventilation leads to problems
During hyperventilation oxygen levels become so high that paradoxically many body tissues
are deprived of oxygen This is especially true in the brain leading to reduced neural and
mental function
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body
A common criterion for hyperventilation is liters of air per minute and many people
breathe normally in this range Conventional medicine deems five to six liters of air per minute
at around milliliters of air per breath normal This would be about as much air in three
empty twoliter soft drink bottles It is likely that you like most people inhale significantly more
than this
was a chronic hyperventilator and was well acquainted with the symptoms dizziness
poor concentration muscle tension cramps irregular and rapid heartbeat tachycardia heart
pounding palpitations and gastrointestinal upset It is also strongly associated with nasal
congestion tightening of the airways fatigue tremor shakiness tight muscles stiffness
muscle pain weakness constriction of blood vessels asthma rhinitis and snoring Because
overbreathing is hard work it leads to exhaustion chest tightness and pain around the ribs
Hyperventilation also leads to feelings of breathlessness choking and smothering
Hyperventilation is thought to be a significant factor in medical conditions caused or
aggravated by mental stress psychosomatic diseases These include headaches backaches
nausea dry mouth sweaty palms insomnia ulcers and many others This may be partly
accounted for by the fact that hyperventilation increases the concentration of stress hormones
in the blood In one study a few minutes of hyperventilation increased adrenaline levels in
subjects by percent The diaphragmatic breathing retraining regimen outlined in this
chapter will reduce the amount you hyperventilate and potentially provide you with relief from
symptoms you didnt even realize you had
LSASALSASASASAS ASAI AS
IWAWAN
Figure A The first sine wave depicts shallow rapid breathing characteristic of anxiety B The second wave
depicts calmer deeper breathing at longer intervals C The third depicts a form of breathing that involves the
movement of a much smaller total volume of air Breathing less than usual in this way as an exercise can reduce
the tendency to hyperventilate Again the xaxis represents time and the yaxis represents the volume of air in
the lungs
The benefits of breathing less have been appreciated for a long time In the s Russian
physiologist Konstantin Buteyko developed a now popular breathing program to counteract
hyperventilation He observed that the closer his patients were to death the faster and
shallower was their breathing Today his program is called the Buteyko method and is used for
asthma anxiety and to increase pulmonary function in athletes Reviews of the medical
Chapter Breathe Less Nasally and without Pharyngeal Tension
literature have come to different conclusions about the strength of the evidence supporting the
Buteyko method but it has a large number of steadfast adherents and think in principle it is
credible and compelling
The Buteyko method uses breath holding resistance breathing and breath restriction
exercises to counteract overbreathing The practice focuses on reducing breathing movements