One Minute Breath To Boost Performance

When you need to get focused, grounded, and ready to perform at work or for sports, one of the most powerful breathing exercise you can do to prep your Body & Brain is called: Breath of Fire.

This Breath Work not only helps boost performance but gets your blood flowing, turns on your nervous system, breaks through emotional blocks, and stimulates your pituitary gland. 

Your pituitary gland secretes hormones that impact many body functions like:

• growth
  
• blood pressure
  
• energy management
  
• metabolism
  
• thyroid and sex gland function
  
• temperature regulation
  
• some kidney functions
  
• even pain relief

Excellent reasons to add this one to your REST Toolbox.

Please note: this breathing exercise should not be done while you are pregnant or bleeding during your cycle.

BREATH OF FIRE

How to do it:  

• Breathe in and out of your nose evenly like you’re sniffing deeply.  It’s a rhythmic breath in and out of the nose. 
• On the inhale, your diaphragm (& belly) extends; on the exhale, it releases. 
• Make sure you inhale and exhale are even so you don't hyperventilate.  If you've got a tight or stiff diaphragm it might take a bit to get this going.  Once you get into a rhythm of evenly inhaling and exhaling, then you speed it up. 
• Do this for 1-2 minutes.

Move with it:

Once you have the breath work down, add it to a Yoga Pose. 

Breath of Fire + Yoga Pose for 1 minute = the same benefits as holding that pose for 1 hour with a normal breath. 

Boost confidence with it:

Breath of Fire + a Power Pose will boost your confidence AND your focus before a Performance!  

Strike a Power Pose for 2 minutes (think Wonder Woman- feet apart and hands on hips) while doing the Breath of Fire.  Then go for it.  You'll be UNSTOPPABLE!​

Start practicing Breath of Fire slowly (during the daytime). If you get dizzy, go slower.

​It's not one to do before bed. It's to help you get ready to perform.

The more you practice Breath Work, the faster you'll feel the benefits in your Body & Brain.

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