What have Laurena and Vanessa been up to? Swimming and running for fun!
1) How Laurena started to learn how to "breathe" and that it helped her feel calmer, sleep better, and relax her muscles more.
2) Breathing is much more than delivering oxygen to the lungs! Reasons why people breathe through their mouths; the importance of nitric oxide, the nasal passage, the vagal tone, and effects on the rest of the body.
3) Breathing and panic attacks; longer exhalation helps to improve parasympathetic tone.
4) Laurena talks about her personal experience with sudarshan kriya and ujjayi pranayama.
5) The effects of mouth breathing on children's facial structure and their mental health.
6) How to assess "functional breathing" with Dr. Rosalba Courtney; breath hold technique to teach children how to nose breath (Konstantin Buteyko method - breath holding time)
7) The health problems with mouth breathing in adults, and increased risk of chronic diseases.
8) How to learn abdominal "belly" breathing; using Heart Math Institute's Inner Balance for coherence training and improving heart rate variability; useful apps such as Breathing and Insight Timer for 4-6/7-8 breathing or box/square breathing (which helped Vanessa' patient reduce his ADHD meds!).
9) Mouth taping, nose strips, and assessment for breathing difficulties and obstructive sleep apnoea.
Useful links: Buteyko method, Dr. Rosalba Courtney, Sudarshan Kriya