Believe Your Breath
It is an incredible gift to trust the power of your own breath. I keep talking about how your breathing can influence your autonomous nervous system, including digestion and circulation, to create all sorts of beneficial results. But many of these benefits can't be felt or experienced without many days, weeks or even months of repetition and practice. Now, if you haven't been practicing your deep breathing for 10 minutes a day, don't panic! It is more likely that while reading about deep breathing, you may have taken about three deep breaths, relaxed slightly then carried on reading. Or maybe someone or something took your attention on to something else, returning your breathing to automatic. This is a pretty normal occurrence, and the more I research, the more I realize that conscious breath exercises are just like any other exercise, it requires time, commitment and practice. Now before I lose you and you stop reading altogether, I have found a quick breathing exercise for you to try that, when utilized, gives almost immediate results!
It took me a little while to find a breathing exercise that demonstrates such an instant effect, but I have my children to thank as inspiration for this technique in particular. The next time you are enjoying a cold beverage or frozen treat, but consume it a little to fast and give yourself brain freeze, try this breathing tip to ease the pain.
Cup your hands together over your nose and mouth, like a mask, and breathe in and out into your hands until the brain freeze subsides. By doing this, the air you breathe in will be warmer, in turn warming the roof of your mouth. "Brain Freeze (sometimes called an “Ice Cream Headache”) is caused by the blood vessels above the roof of your mouth responding to prevent a loss of heat in your head and therefore protect your brain. The blood vessels in your head widen to let in more blood (more heat). This rapid swelling of the blood vessels, which contain sensitive nerves, is what causes the headache." As quickly as the pain comes on, you have the ability to utilize your breath to make it subside. It is surprising how effective it is.
A topic that we have touched on in an earlier blog, and that I will now discuss in more detail, is also another relatively simple technique that quickly demonstrates the effectiveness of conscious breathing. Deep breathing as it relates to orgasm can be implemented with just a basic understanding of deep breaths. So let's not be shy about this, to fully grasp the increase in intensity, I recommend first practicing this while stimulating yourself, rather than with a partner. Activate deep breathing as your arousal increases, continuing slow and deep breaths right up to and during your climax. You will recognize that it is difficult at first to maintain a deep breath. Your breath will want to flutter and be shallow, but if you can guide it back to your abdomen and remember to inflate your tummy, the sensation will be rewarding.
Deep breathing helps oxygenate the blood, increase circulation, slow the mind and turn off the "fight or flight" mechanism in our nervous systems, all of which contribute to sexual response. For a woman, the physical act of expanding your abdomen also positions your sexual organs in a prime location, alternating clitoral stimulation with inhale and vaginal wall stimulation with exhale.
Being alone gives you greater freedom to push your belly out uninhibited and exhale comfortably out of your mouth. Because when you begin to practice this technique with a partner, all of those conditions our society has imprinted upon us about body image and "flat tummies" will suddenly contradict your conscious breathing. To deep breathe into our bellies is the most natural way to breathe, we do it when we are born. Yet it feels so unnatural to relearn how to belly breathe, particularly in an intimate setting.
When we really jump into bed with our breath and look at how it relates to our sexual satisfaction, many deeper issues arise about how we breathe. Increasing the intensity of our orgasm is a relatively simple outcome of changing our breath to influence a response in our physical bodies. But our physical bodies have been conditioned to behave autonomously in an incorrect and often unhealthy way. In a world that is overly concerned about what other people think, we have been conditioned to suck our stomachs in and in turn have developed the habit of shallow breathing. Shallow breathing then utilizes less of our available lung capacity, reducing the amount of oxygen our blood carries and reduces the amount of waste our lungs exhale. Our muscles and organs receive less oxygen and digestion becomes less efficient. Our autonomous nervous system steps into "fight or flight" mode and our minds become fearful and anxious.
We are equally self conscious about the volume of our breath, the sounds it creates and the speed at which we exhale. We have adopted poor breathing habits that limit our bodies and we wear clothing that restricts our breathing. Our ability to talk, sing and communicate confidently to the world around us is hindered.
By believing your breath and striving to improve it daily, you must let go of these self conscious thoughts and become aware of your habits in order to delve into yourself and practice conscious breathing. In time, you will experience your body, your partner and the world around you in a new way.
Until next time, exercise your breath!
Kerri
It took me a little while to find a breathing exercise that demonstrates such an instant effect, but I have my children to thank as inspiration for this technique in particular. The next time you are enjoying a cold beverage or frozen treat, but consume it a little to fast and give yourself brain freeze, try this breathing tip to ease the pain.
Cup your hands together over your nose and mouth, like a mask, and breathe in and out into your hands until the brain freeze subsides. By doing this, the air you breathe in will be warmer, in turn warming the roof of your mouth. "Brain Freeze (sometimes called an “Ice Cream Headache”) is caused by the blood vessels above the roof of your mouth responding to prevent a loss of heat in your head and therefore protect your brain. The blood vessels in your head widen to let in more blood (more heat). This rapid swelling of the blood vessels, which contain sensitive nerves, is what causes the headache." As quickly as the pain comes on, you have the ability to utilize your breath to make it subside. It is surprising how effective it is.
A topic that we have touched on in an earlier blog, and that I will now discuss in more detail, is also another relatively simple technique that quickly demonstrates the effectiveness of conscious breathing. Deep breathing as it relates to orgasm can be implemented with just a basic understanding of deep breaths. So let's not be shy about this, to fully grasp the increase in intensity, I recommend first practicing this while stimulating yourself, rather than with a partner. Activate deep breathing as your arousal increases, continuing slow and deep breaths right up to and during your climax. You will recognize that it is difficult at first to maintain a deep breath. Your breath will want to flutter and be shallow, but if you can guide it back to your abdomen and remember to inflate your tummy, the sensation will be rewarding.
Deep breathing helps oxygenate the blood, increase circulation, slow the mind and turn off the "fight or flight" mechanism in our nervous systems, all of which contribute to sexual response. For a woman, the physical act of expanding your abdomen also positions your sexual organs in a prime location, alternating clitoral stimulation with inhale and vaginal wall stimulation with exhale.
Being alone gives you greater freedom to push your belly out uninhibited and exhale comfortably out of your mouth. Because when you begin to practice this technique with a partner, all of those conditions our society has imprinted upon us about body image and "flat tummies" will suddenly contradict your conscious breathing. To deep breathe into our bellies is the most natural way to breathe, we do it when we are born. Yet it feels so unnatural to relearn how to belly breathe, particularly in an intimate setting.
When we really jump into bed with our breath and look at how it relates to our sexual satisfaction, many deeper issues arise about how we breathe. Increasing the intensity of our orgasm is a relatively simple outcome of changing our breath to influence a response in our physical bodies. But our physical bodies have been conditioned to behave autonomously in an incorrect and often unhealthy way. In a world that is overly concerned about what other people think, we have been conditioned to suck our stomachs in and in turn have developed the habit of shallow breathing. Shallow breathing then utilizes less of our available lung capacity, reducing the amount of oxygen our blood carries and reduces the amount of waste our lungs exhale. Our muscles and organs receive less oxygen and digestion becomes less efficient. Our autonomous nervous system steps into "fight or flight" mode and our minds become fearful and anxious.
We are equally self conscious about the volume of our breath, the sounds it creates and the speed at which we exhale. We have adopted poor breathing habits that limit our bodies and we wear clothing that restricts our breathing. Our ability to talk, sing and communicate confidently to the world around us is hindered.
By believing your breath and striving to improve it daily, you must let go of these self conscious thoughts and become aware of your habits in order to delve into yourself and practice conscious breathing. In time, you will experience your body, your partner and the world around you in a new way.
Until next time, exercise your breath!
Kerri
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