Psychoneuroimmunology of Breathwork with Dr Kaitlin Harkess

It’s Mental Health Week, let’s dive into the most cost-effective mental health practice, breathwork.

 

Here’s what was covered in this week’s episode: 

• You can control your breath, as it rests on the border of the conscious and unconscious.
• Stress turns on your fight or flight response, which is an unconscious evolutionary response.
• You can perceive neutral stimuli as threats (like a text message), because inflammation in your body is communicated as danger to your brain.
• Diaphragmatic breathing can stimulate your vagus nerve and induce a relaxation response, which influences neural, endocrine and immune processes.

• Nasal breathing has evolutionary value and can help you cultivate relaxation.
• You can cultivate a relaxation response through deliberate breathing practice.

Head to www.drkaitlin.com for show notes, free resources and courses that support you a heartfelt life alongside peak performance. 

 

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