Most of us have experienced the feeling of our breath getting shorter and faster when something stressful happens. And it’s long been established that our breathing and stress levels can affect each other. But what can we do about this? Breathwork coach Dean Gladstone says the first thing to remember is that stress is not always a bad thing.“In fact, in the right dose, the body responds positively to stress, for example, the stress response that happens when we exercise,”he says. “The problem is when we don’t get out of that stress response. That’s when stress becomes chronic and therefore negative.”
To get back in the Zen zone, Gladstone suggests a simple exercise. Count up to five as you breathe in, and five as you breathe out, with a tiny…
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WHO (Digital) - 1 Issue, Issue 16, 2021