Breathing Is Powerful
I’ve been learning a few things on my journey to holistic wellness, and breathing is one of them. Who knew the power of every breath? For a long time, I didn’t realize how often I was holding my breath. While being stuck in survival mode, my body stayed tense, guarded, and overwhelmed. I was trying to make it through, but holding my breath only increased my need to breathe. Recently, like a little over a year ago I began learning how to breathe intentionally. I practiced different breathing exercises and discovered a few that worked best for me. What seemed simple became one of the most powerful tools in my healing process. When I say I was stuck in survival mode, I mean my nervous system was compromised. My body was constantly responding as if danger was near. Initially I was incapacitated mentally and physically limited, so many labels were thrown at me that I started to believe it was over for me. But this journey has taught me differently. I began to understand that my ...
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