What Is Breathwork?
Breathwork is an active meditation technique that can help us withdraw from the noise inside our minds, reconnect with our bodies and energies, and experience a new state of consciousness. Pretty cool, huh?
This elevated condition helps to move us closer to where we would like to be, whether that’s recovery, insight, harmony, or an overall feeling of “wholeness,” while simultaneously decreasing our levels of focus on stressors and anxieties.
Breathwork is also a very specific focus on restoring the movement in our breathing mechanism, structures, and efficiency. Helping you build harmony and efficiency in the movement of the diaphragm, and rib cage muscles while simultaneously learning techniques to quiet down any helping muscles that are not primary movers of our breathing mechanics. Building an awareness of the power of your breathing mechanics is helpful for multiple conditions.
Graham Therapy and Fitness encourages our patients to try incorporating breathwork into their existing treatment programs, daily rhythms and routines. To learn more about breathwork and its various benefits, contact our clinic in Bethesda, MD today!
Why Is Breathwork Beneficial?
Right as Rain’s website states a few reasons breathwork is so great for you:
- “Deep breathing can help lessen stress and anxiety.
- By breathing slower and more deeply from your stomach, you signal your nervous system to calm down.
- Deep breathing takes practice—it won’t be immediately helpful.
- Trying different breathing patterns, being mindful, and having peer support can help improve your deep breathing practice.”
Practicing deep breathing techniques decreases your levels of stress and anxiety, and it can also help your muscles to relax as well. Breathwork calms our bodies and minds, and lowers our levels of worry and fear.
It’s true that fear can keep us safe, however, being in a constant state of fear or worry can cause major health issues, especially with the nervous system. Constant feelings of anxiety can activate our fight-or-flight responses, which in turn produces cortisol, or stress hormones.
A Graham Therapy and Fitness therapist can teach you the mechanics of breathwork, and this way you can figure out which ones work best for you depending on how you’re feeling and what part of the treatment you’re in.
Contact Graham Therapy and Fitness For An Appointment
Your Graham Therapy and Fitness therapist can help you to incorporate breathwork into your physical therapy treatment plan. To learn more about the benefits of breathwork and how it can serve as a daily practice, put your mind, heart, and body at ease, contact our clinic today.
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