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Conscious breathing is the first step to               This type of breathing involves

                                                                                                                                   connecting and working with your spirit.               contracting the diaphragm, expanding the
                                                                                                                                   Controlling the length and depth of your               stomach, and deepening inhalation and
                                                                                                                                   inhales and exhales will bring you inward              exhalation to detox the body, lower the

                                                                                                                                   to your spirit and improve your emotional,  stress hormone and draw your attention
                                                                                                                                   mental, and physical state. This is why                inward, soothing and strengthening your

                                                                                                                                   people naturally want to take a deep breath  spirit. It increases the oxygen intake,
                                                                                                                                   when they are scared or upset.                         brings vitality and contributes to health
        What causes metabolism problems?                                                                                                                                                  and emotional balance.

                                                                                                                                   Your breathing changes all the time,

                Can Metabolism be Boosted?                                                                                         when you’re active, sleeping - even your               Several studies have proven Qigong to
                                                                                                                                   thoughts are connected to your breath.
                                                                                                                                                                                          reduces blood pressure, decreases stress
                                                                                                                                   Your breath has a powerful effect on your  response, strengthens the heart, and
                                                                                                                                   body and mind. Consciously controlling  improves overall health and balances
           The key to a healthy metabolism and                 in danger, unsafe, it will send signals                             your breath can immediately shift your                 your body’s main stress hormone,

                  vitality is a healthy spirit.                to the body to respond. Your body                                   emotional, physical and mental state.                  cortisol. Cortisol influences how the
                                                               doesn’t know the difference between                                 When you control the amount of oxygen  body uses nutrients like carbohydrates,

        How a person breathes can tell lot about               famine or fasting, arguing or a full-                               you take in and the amount of carbon                   fats, and proteins. It also impacts
        them. The shallower the breath, the lower  blown war. It only knows it is unsafe,                                          dioxide you release, you can adjust                    inflammatory processes, blood pressure,
        a person’s self-esteem, vitality and ability  and the physical body responds. It                                           the chemical makeup of your nervous                    blood sugar, and step patterns.

        to cope with stress.  The deeper the                   triggers stress hormones, that are known                            system. This effect expands throughout                 When you are under stress, physical or
        breath, the more present, confident and                to wreak havoc on your metabolism,                                  the body, shifting your hormones and                   emotional, the body releases a boost

        secure a person is. Short breathes show                your circulation, your heart and your                               your metabolic processes.                              of cortisol to support the sympathetic
        that the body is heated - usually by anger  lymphatic system.                                                                                                                     nervous system known as the fight or
        or stress.  Short breathes and mouth                                                                                       There are many different styles of                     flight instinct. When you are constantly

        breathing are the body’s way of trying to              In spiritual healing, excess weight is a                            breathwork. In Qigong I teach what                     under stress, continually elevated cortisol
        cool or calm down.                                     sign your spirit is trying to protect itself.                       is called primordial breathing. The                    levels create emotional or physical

                                                                                                                                   first breath you ever took was through                 exhaustion and cognitive weariness,
        Stress is the number one “metabolism                   The first step to a healthy metabolism is                           your navel. In this exercise you breathe               creating more anxiety, stress and burnout.
        saboteur”. Stress triggers your flight                 a healthy spirit. When your spirit (your                            through your navel filling up your pelvis,

        or fight mode and tells your body it is                psyche) is strong and safe, you will be                             then your stomach, then your chest, all                Heart disease, stroke, and Type 2 diabetes,
        in trouble. “There is danger”,  “Get the               motivated, unstoppable, full of energy                              the way to the clavicle.  Filling it up like           abdominal obesity, atherosclerosis,

        adrenaline pumping we’re going to war”.                to conquer whatever comes before you.                               a balloon then deflating it as you exhale.             hypertension, dementia, and depression
        Your body is a physical manifestation                  Working with your spirit begins with the                            The inhale is through the nose; the                    can all be managed and possibly
        of your spirit. If your spirit feels it is             breath.                                                             exhale is out the mouth.                               eliminated by taking care of your spirit.

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