"Most of the blood circulating in the lungs is in the bottom third of them." (Conscious Breathing, Gay Hendricks) When you take a deep breath, puffing out the belly, you make room for the lower lungs to expand and the oxygen goes to where the blood is, giving the blood a great supply of oxygen to send to the rest of your body! Oxygen is the main source of energy for all of your cells, so this is great food for your body.
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Relaxation Through Breath Can Help You Lose Weight
Relax and your body works better. That is the gist of an awesome article "The Easier Way to Diet" by Martha Beck in the recent O magazine that I read in the gym and couldn't wait to come home and write my new breath tip!
She basically says that studies show when our body is in the relaxation response (i.e. the opposite of fight or flight, stress reaction) that our metabolism gets a cue that says, "All is well! No famine! No need to store up reserves to prepare for disaster! Go to work digestive system!"
This message is so powerful. When we feel relaxed, when we allow ourselves to enjoy life, our bodies work much more efficiently in all systems AND we feel happier!
Breath is a wonderful tool to bring relaxation. It is always with you. A deep breath is right there. Tuning into your breath and staying with it can happen in a meeting, while you're driving, and best of all - when you're in a happy place.
Celebrate happiness! Celebrate good times! You deserve more of it in your life, in your body, and it will actually help you be MORE efficient if you relaxed, not stressed. GREAT NEWS!
Read the article here
Contact Jessica at (707)758-2365
She basically says that studies show when our body is in the relaxation response (i.e. the opposite of fight or flight, stress reaction) that our metabolism gets a cue that says, "All is well! No famine! No need to store up reserves to prepare for disaster! Go to work digestive system!"
This message is so powerful. When we feel relaxed, when we allow ourselves to enjoy life, our bodies work much more efficiently in all systems AND we feel happier!
Breath is a wonderful tool to bring relaxation. It is always with you. A deep breath is right there. Tuning into your breath and staying with it can happen in a meeting, while you're driving, and best of all - when you're in a happy place.
Celebrate happiness! Celebrate good times! You deserve more of it in your life, in your body, and it will actually help you be MORE efficient if you relaxed, not stressed. GREAT NEWS!
Read the article here
Contact Jessica at (707)758-2365
Breath Class Postponed - New Private Massage/Breath Sessions Available!
Breath Classes Postponed Through the Summer -
To Resume in September
New Private Sessions !
Massage with Breathwork
Starting at $40 for 30 min.
A client recently came in for a pain in her mid back. With gentle, opening massage on the breathing muscles and some breathing work, emotions that had been held were able to release and the back pain faded by 50% before we even touched it! She felt like a new person afterwards.
Private Sessions combining massage and breathwork can relieve major stress held in the body.
Experience the relief!
Call Jessica @ (707)758-2365 to reserve your spot
850 2nd St. Ste.A
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
by Jessica Malmberg, CMT
To Resume in September
New Private Sessions !
Massage with Breathwork
Starting at $40 for 30 min.
A client recently came in for a pain in her mid back. With gentle, opening massage on the breathing muscles and some breathing work, emotions that had been held were able to release and the back pain faded by 50% before we even touched it! She felt like a new person afterwards.
Private Sessions combining massage and breathwork can relieve major stress held in the body.
Experience the relief!
Call Jessica @ (707)758-2365 to reserve your spot
850 2nd St. Ste.A
Santa Rosa, CA 95404
by Jessica Malmberg, CMT
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
OPEN THE BREATH WITH MASSAGE
Massage can help loosen the chest muscles to allow the lungs to expand more
easily. You can do it yourself!
To start, place your fingertips at the bottom of the sternum. Move the
fingertips in little circles with some good pressure right on that bone
(breastbone) , and see if you can loosen up the muscles that attach onto the
sternum. Is it sore, tight, normal?
Move the fingertips up the sternum along the outside of it, feeling into the
places between the ribs, and loosening up these muscles. It should feel
good... maybe a little sore.
Move the fingers all the way up to the clavicle (collar bone) and along this
bone to the shoulders.
After your massage, take a couple of nice breaths, and enjoy the openness in
the muscles you just attended to. This is great work anytime you feel stress
or like you might be holding your breath! It releases physical tension and
emotional holding as well.
No breath class tonight! (I'm going out of town for a day)
easily. You can do it yourself!
To start, place your fingertips at the bottom of the sternum. Move the
fingertips in little circles with some good pressure right on that bone
(breastbone) , and see if you can loosen up the muscles that attach onto the
sternum. Is it sore, tight, normal?
Move the fingertips up the sternum along the outside of it, feeling into the
places between the ribs, and loosening up these muscles. It should feel
good... maybe a little sore.
Move the fingers all the way up to the clavicle (collar bone) and along this
bone to the shoulders.
After your massage, take a couple of nice breaths, and enjoy the openness in
the muscles you just attended to. This is great work anytime you feel stress
or like you might be holding your breath! It releases physical tension and
emotional holding as well.
No breath class tonight! (I'm going out of town for a day)
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Breathe Through Trauma
"Any trauma you can breathe through loses its grip on you. Here's why. Any animal freezes its breathing when a startle occurs. In nature...there is great survival value in freezing into stillness.
When a trauma occurs, the breath is first held and then becomes short and shallow. So releasing a trauma from the body and mind is partly a result of getting the breath flowing again while the person consiously processes the feelings from the events that froze the breath in the first place." From Consicous Breathing - Gay Hendricks
The trauma may be present or from long in the past, but if you can breathe slowly and deeply while thinking or speaking of it, your body will have great help in releasing it!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Breathing Through Times of Grief
I just found out that a childhood friend of mine died of cancer today. She was a mom and a wife, a smiling, cheerful soul, and I can't stop crying, such a chord is touched.
I thought about skipping the breath tip, what could I offer in such a state of emotion? And then of course, I realized, that this too is something I need to breathe in, and release.
Breathe in the pain and sadness, breathe out . Breathe in the love, breathe out. Breathe in the good memories, breathe out. Breathe in the regrets that come with knowing I will not know her any more, breathe out. Breathe in the wild range of colors of each day of life, breathe out.
Feel it all, and release. I am alive, and I am here now, breathing. And to honor my friend, I will be grateful for this moment, for my breath, for the future joys and pains.
I thought about skipping the breath tip, what could I offer in such a state of emotion? And then of course, I realized, that this too is something I need to breathe in, and release.
Breathe in the pain and sadness, breathe out . Breathe in the love, breathe out. Breathe in the good memories, breathe out. Breathe in the regrets that come with knowing I will not know her any more, breathe out. Breathe in the wild range of colors of each day of life, breathe out.
Feel it all, and release. I am alive, and I am here now, breathing. And to honor my friend, I will be grateful for this moment, for my breath, for the future joys and pains.
I just found out that a childhood friend of mine died of cancer today. She was a mom and a wife, a smiling, cheerful soul, and I can't stop crying, such a chord is touched.
I thought about skipping the breath tip, what could I offer in such a state of emotion? And then of course, I realized, that this too is something I need to breathe in, and release.
Breathe in the pain and sadness, breathe out . Breathe in the love, breathe out. Breathe in the good memories, breathe out. Breathe in the regrets that come with knowing I will not know her any more, breathe out. Breathe in the wild range of colors of each day of life, breathe out.
Feel it all, and release. I am alive, and I am here now, breathing. And to honor my friend, I will be grateful for this moment, for my breath, for the future joys and pains.
I thought about skipping the breath tip, what could I offer in such a state of emotion? And then of course, I realized, that this too is something I need to breathe in, and release.
Breathe in the pain and sadness, breathe out . Breathe in the love, breathe out. Breathe in the good memories, breathe out. Breathe in the regrets that come with knowing I will not know her any more, breathe out. Breathe in the wild range of colors of each day of life, breathe out.
Feel it all, and release. I am alive, and I am here now, breathing. And to honor my friend, I will be grateful for this moment, for my breath, for the future joys and pains.
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