Breathwork
Benefits of Breathwork
What is: calming the nervous system, slowing down the heart rate, slowing down thoughts, focusing on the here and now?
Likely one of the most popular coping skills - can be very effective, although can be problematic at times as well.
What is distraction?
This therapy focuses on changing the things we think and the things we do. Focuses on the interaction between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
What is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? (CBT)
The perfect breath length
What is 5.5 seconds inhale, 5.5 second exhale? (Anywhere from 4-6 seconds)
We sometimes use this term to describe having a number of coping skills available to us, to be able to use the most appropriate one in any give scenario.
What is psychoanalysis or who is Freud?
Best practice, we should breath in through our ____ and out throughout _______.
What is our nose and nose or mouth?
These are the five things we can focus on when doing 5-4-3-2-1 grounding.
What are our senses? (sight, touch, hearing, smell, and taste)
These approaches can use creativity to improve mental wellbeing.
What are art therapies? Art therapy? Music therapy?
We produce this when we breathe through our nose.
What is nitric oxide? (nitric oxide, a gas that helps improve oxygen exchange, widens blood vessels, and has antiviral and antibacterial effects. This process also involves the nose filtering, warming, and humidifying the air before it reaches your lungs.)
Accepting the state of the world exactly as it is - the good, the bad, the ugly - without judgment.
What is radical acceptance?
This therapy uses bilateral stimulation such as eye movements or tapping.
These are the names of Lucas Rockwood's breathwork practices to regulate, de-escalate, and increase focus.
What are water, whiskey (or warm milk) and coffee breath?
Name 3 coping skills you use.
What are.........
This approach focuses on how our mental health and physical health are connected. We store trauma and stress in our body. We can use body movement, breathwork, and other techniques to improve mental wellbeing.
What is somatic therapy?