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For thousands of years, Yoga practitioners believed that controlled breathing \u2014 pranayama \u2014 was the path to health and longevity. The term \u201cPranayama\u201d is Sanskrit for \u201ccontrol of life force.\u201d That force is the act of bringing oxygen into all of our cells. Pranayama practice was considered the most powerful way to heal illness. Now, science has provided tools to understand the complexity of body mechanisms involved in the process of breathing, and has documented the health outcomes of natural breathing \u2013 and the diseases that result when we shift from it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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Natural Breathing\u2026 and Why We Stray<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Breathing happens without conscious awareness. It\u2019s an involuntary reflex that is gentle and rhythmic. We inhale oxygen through our nose, bringing that life force into our upper lungs and into our abdomen. When we exhale, we release carbon dioxide, a.k.a. the \u201coxygen-carbon dioxide exchange.\u201d When stress inhibits that natural process, shallow breathing results. The breath stops at the chest, drawing only minimally into the lungs. Oxygen never gets past the upper lungs nor into the diaphragm. Yet, the mechanism that brings oxygen deep into your diaphragm is essential to health.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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With less oxygen in our systems, the heart \u2013 all other organs and cells \u2013 are negatively impacted. The mitochondria of the cells utilize respiration to produce ATP, known as the energy currency. ATP enables all cells to function. When ATP is diminished so is the power of the cells. Eventually, the cells can even die.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Activation of the Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rapid breathing or hyperventilating are signs of shallow breathing. At times, we hold our breath. Anxiety and panic attacks are common results. With shallow breathing or breath-holding, we activate our sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and the fight or flight response takes over. The sympathetic nervous system is one part of the two-part autonomic nervous system. If short-term activation of the SNS occurs, little damage is done. But, if SNS activation becomes of the sum total of daily life pressures \u2014 job demands, traffic jams, hurried meals, family stress \u2014 your body suffers. It\u2019s easy for shallow breathing to become a habit. It\u2019s addictive. Over time, our bodies become programmed to breathe incorrectly.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We Become Our Own Predator<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The flight or fight response began as an adaptive compensatory mechanism in primitive times when we confronted a predator and needed to run or protect ourselves. It\u2019s a state of hyper-arousal when the brain signals the release of stress hormones that prepare us for defensive action. In contemporary life, these stress hormones translate into yelling in traffic jams, gobbling down lunch, arguing with our partners, to name a few. We are super-charged. Without consciously shifting out of the flight and fight breathing, we remain our own predator \u2014 not acting in defense of ourselves. It\u2019s not purposeful but the result is the same.nAnd we are caught in a vicious cycle.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Stress brings shallow breathing. Shallow breathing brings stress. Our bodies tighten. The breathing rate increases. The oxygen-carbon dioxide exchange is diminished.nThe most common conditions caused by shallow breathing are the obvious feelings of anxiety. Over time additional damage can occur:n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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