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Show Notes:
In this episode, we talk with Ryan Carroll about anxiety, how it can impact our breathing patterns, and what breathing practices can help get anxiety under control.
Ryan is a certified breathwork instructor, nutrition coach, and personal trainer who has worked with hundreds of people over the past 20 years, developing programs to control anxiety, regulate the nervous system, and breathe more efficiently.
In this conversation, Ryan explains the importance and ways of assessing and retraining breathing mechanics and capacity, as a first step for breathwork to address anxiety. He also tackles misconceptions about intense breathwork methods and shares why he advocates for a holistic approach that includes mindset and lifestyle changes to obtain the best results.
We talk about breath hold techniques, integrating formal and informal breathwork practices, and ways to address negative self-talk with upgraded affirmations.
By the end of this episode, you will know how breathwork can fit into a holistic approach to managing anxiety and finding inner peace!
Timeline:
(00:01:38) The roots of anxiety and what the modern world changed
(00:07:37) The impact of anxiety on breathing
(00:11:05) Assessing breathing mechanics, tolerance to CO2, and breathing capacity
(00:15:45) Managing anxiety with breathwork
(00:21:17) Addressing negative self-talk with upgraded affirmations
To learn more about Ryan’s work and book his services, take a look at his website and follow him on Instagram.
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