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Breath, Your Brain and the Power to Change

Breath, Your Brain and the Power to Change by Carter Miles. Graphic image of a brain against blue and purple lights by Fakurian Design
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Estimated reading time: 5 minutes

discover how simply changing the way we breathe can immediately and dramatically change the way we think and feel.

Breathing, we do it every moment of every day and yet most of us just take it for granted. We see breathing as a binary process, either I’m breathing (and therefore alive) or I’m not breathing (and therefore in danger or already dead). But a little investigation into our own breathing patterns can perforate that belief.

Do you ever find yourself holding your breath while working?Do you breathe in sharply when you get scared?Do you breathe through the mouth or nose while asleep?Do you ever laugh so hard that you lose your breath?Do you sigh out when something happens that relieves your worry?

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