Optimal Breathing: What It Is & How to Practice It w/ Jessica Dibb
Do you know how to breathe⦠or have you just assumed your body has it handled? Jessica Dibb is back for round two! This time, weāre going beyond breathwork techniques to explore what optimal breathing actually meansāand how conscious breathing can move beyond something you practice on your yoga mat and become something you live. In this episode, we chat about: š¬ļø What āoptimal breathingā actually meansāand why thereās no perfect formula that works for everyone š Mouth breathing, underbreathing, overbreathing & āair hungerā⦠oh my š§āāļø Why Jessica wants us to stop thinking about taking a deep breath and start experiencing being breathed ⨠Received, not achieved: the perspective shift that got me emotional in the middle of our conversation š§ How breathwork can create a state shift ā trait shift when you practice consistently š” Beyond breathwork: what happens when conscious breathing follows you into washing dishes, raising kids, rushing out the door & ordinary life š® The 11 breathwork practices Jessica believes belong in your toolkitāand the ONE she recommends starting with š The āplane of possibility,ā the Wheel of Awareness & what any of this has to do with your very first breath ā±ļø Why someone elseās āperfectā inhale-to-exhale ratio might not be optimal for your body š The pace of grace: what happened when Jessica tried conscious breathing in the middle of a very real-life rush And stay until the end because Jessica guides us through an experiential practice of receiving breathing + Matrika Pranayama so you can actually feel what weāve spent the episode talking about. If you missed our first conversation, Breath: The Universal Language That Connects Us All w/ Jessica Dibb, go back and listen to Part 1 for our conversation on the five groups of breathwork, breath and brain anatomy, and why breath may be the one language every human shares. Take a deep breath... and press play. Breathwork and Psychotherapy: Clinical Applications for Healing and Transformation by Jessica Dibb, for a 20% discount, in the U.S. click here, in the UK, Ireland, Europe, the Middle East, India, Pakistan and South Africa: Click here and use promo code: WN286 Sign the Universal Breathing Declaration Be part of co-creating a world where all can breathe safely, freely, joyously! https://www.inspirationcommunity.org/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/master-your-yoga-teaching-with-makenzie-fly--6089975/support. Connect with MaKenzie Your Next Class Plan Is Waiting for You - Swipe Your FREE Sample of Inspired Flow Weekly Design Dynamic Sequences FAST - Grab Your Copy of the Pose Bible Here Do you want MaKenzie on your show? - Let's get it booked here.