THIS EPISODE IS TO ACCOMPANY THE SHORTLY AVAILABLE FULL-FASTERCLASS-SERIES ON NATURAL HEALTH
 
In 2020 during the first lockdown, Philly discovered breathwork when she stumbled across a breathwork retreat. You can live thirty days without food, three days without water, and less than three minutes without air. Is air more important than your food? That’s one of the topics of discussion this week on The Wellness Way as well as some really helpful breathing techniques. 
 
KEY TAKEAWAYS

Bad breathwork is a common cause of ill health, leading to low energy, low mood, and low mental clarity. Overbreathing causes oxidative stress eventually leading to inflammation, as Harvard have proved, inflammation causes dis-ease. 
Breathwork allows you to breathe out more CO2, decreasing levels in your body and increasing the PH leading to your body being more alkaline. Our diets are very acidic so the alkaline allows your haemoglobin to pick up more oxygen and give out more oxygen. 
Intermittent hypoxia is when your body goes into the natural stress response because you have no breath in your body. This gives you the panic signal to breathe and releases adrenaline. When you breathe again it releases all the happy hormones. 
If you can find just a few minutes a day, three times a day to do your breathwork you’ll feel the benefits.

 
BEST MOMENTS
‘Breathwork is the stairway to your subconscious mind’ 
‘Always breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth’ 
‘The longer you can hold your breath, the better your breathwork is’ 
 
ABOUT THE HOST
Philly J Lay is the author of The Natural Wellness Journal, EFT practitioner, and  is also a long-standing advocate for our health and that of our planet. After a near death experience and years of grief, resulting in a range of chronic illnesses, she discovered personalised natural medicine and the associated miracles of the body and power of the mind. Philly is passionate in her belief that everything is connected and that when we learn to heal ourselves, it will help to heal this beautiful world. Find all my socials and links here https://linktr.ee/PhillyjLay
 
ABOUT THE PODCAST
The Wellness Way with Philly J Lay is a layperson’s guide to your natural health systems. Your very own NHS. Join me as I chat through many of the astonishing natural ways I used to self heal from a near death medical procedure, PTSD, addiction to opioids and alcohol, and years of grief that lead to many chronic illnesses including a tumour in my throat. 
I will be sharing clips from my new Fasterclass series, Your Natural Wellness Journey, and interviewing some of the remarkable guides that have transformed my life. We will discuss their stories, specialist fields, and what led them down the path of natural health.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.