👩🏻‍💻 Access to the FULL show notes page with links, resources: https://www.wellnessforce.com/358 ☕️Get Josh's (and your) BEST Morning Routine Ever: https://wellnessforce.com/M21 GO DEEPER: ========================================== 👉BREATHE: 21 day guided breath and wellness program using ancient wisdom for boosting immunity, a calm mind, and freedom from chronic stress in the modern world. https://breathwork.io 🌱Get 15% off your CURED Nutrition order with the code "WELLNESSFORCE" at https://www.wellnessforce.com/CURED BUILD COMMUNITY: ========================================== 🎙️Subscribe to the free Podcast: https://linktr.ee/wellnessforce 📸Get all the free show notes: (extra resources for you) https://www.wellnessforce.com/358 🎙️Subscribe to the free Podcast: https://www.linktr.ee/wellnessforce ❤️Join The Wellness Force Community on Facebook: https://www.wellnessforce.com/Group 🆒Rate and review Wellness Force on iTunes: https://wellnessforce.com/review DR. BELISA VRANICH: "We experience so much tension every day and we make it worse by pushing it down but if we set aside just 5 minutes a day for a breathwork or meditation practice, we would all feel so much better. We would all be so much more tolerant, more flexible, and more loving." Renowned clinical psychologist, public speaker, Founder of The Breathing Class, Director of Breathing Science at The Ash Center for Comprehensive Medicine and the author of both Breathe and Breathing for Warriors, Dr. Belisa Vranich, explains what it means to be a modern Wellness Warrior, how to tell if you're a horizontal or vertical breather for specific stress reduction plus several specific stretching and breathing practices that you can add to your wellness toolbox today. Are you breathing right? How does the breath impact not only our mood but also physical and mental health? Discover the power in breathwork awareness as we explore its strong connection to our emotions, stress, and everyday wellbeing. Listen To Episode 358 As Dr. Belisa Vranich Uncovers: (0:00) Start (1:30) What Is A Modern Warrior? (16:00) Are You A Vertical Or Horizontal Breather? (26:00) The Power In Breathwork Awareness (36:00) Letting Go Of Stress With Breath & Motion (45:30) ‘If I Can Breathe, I Can Choose’ (58:00) Movements To Strengthen Your Breathing Muscles What Is A Modern Warrior? -Breaking down what it means to be a ‘warrior' in today’s day and age. -Why a true warrior will know to sit in the midst of conflict but also when to strike or to sit back and breathe. -How she helps people heal by helping them learn how to breathe properly and activate their diaphragm. Her and her book co-author’s background in breathwork including his asthma and her experience having a panic attack. Are You A Vertical Or Horizontal Breather? -How we've gotten to this point of breathing incorrectly and how she's providing practical information to help people execute better breathing patterns. -Why fixing our breathing is a lot like fixing the bad posture that we have developed over time. -Breaking down what physical movements we shouldn’t be doing when we take a deep breath including moving the shoulders up and down. The Power In Breathwork Awareness -The emotional connection to bracing and guarding our abs all day long as we suck in our stomachs. -How bracing your middle all day also negatively impacts your digestion and lower back as you can’t take a deep breath. -Breaking down Fight, Flight, or Freeze and why so many of us are in the freeze position all too often that we think it’s normal when it’s really not. Letting Go Of Stress With Breath & Motion -What happens on both a biological and psychosomatic level during cathartic breathwork sessions. -The emotional release and wave of calmness, gratitude, and relief that people often feel after a breathwork session; very similar to a massage. -Why it’s not only okay but also important to take the time for yourself to do some self-care practices like breathwork to let go of everything that is happening around you. ‘If I Can Breathe, I Can Choose’ -The severe anxiety that Josh has been through even during the launch of the Wellness Force podcast. -What breathwork has done for Dr. Belisa emotionally, physically, and even spiritually. -How the breath gives us the ability to choose and take control of our lives. Movements To Strengthen Your Breathing Muscles -Breaking down why the diaphragm is so important for not just the mind but our digestion as well. -How your diaphragm impacts your stomach positively or negatively if you are a horizontal or vertical breather. -Specific stretches you can do to work your breathing muscles from the inside out after an inhale. -Exploring how the breath can allow us to love more during our lifetime. -How the breath helps the entire body connect and in sync from the head to the heart to the gut. HashTags ======== #Spirituality #SelfHelp #TopPodcasts #WellnessForce #PersonalGrowth