90% of people breathe suboptimally!!
Breathing is natural. Taking a breath is the first thing we do when we are born – and the last thing we do before we die.
However, research shows that we are not breathing for optimal Health and wellbeing. In fact, it is claimed that 90% (and I have seen that figure quoted as 93% by one scholar) of people breathe in a way that doesn’t support their health and wellbeing.
This breathing workshop will share some of the groundbreaking research behind breathing. It will highlight the neurology and physiology of the breath, and it will highlight what oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitric oxide does to your body, your mind, and your nervous system.
You will learn a suite of practical tools so that you can enhance your own breathing, and it will enable you to calibrate others’ breathing, as well as give some insight into how it may be impacting their emotional state and behaviour.
By diving into a deeper understanding of the physiology of breath, you can make wiser choices around which breathing pattern is best for your body – instead of just following a set pattern, offered for a mass audience. For example, there will be times when you want to use your breath for creating more energy, and there will be times when you want to use your breath to generate calm. Being able to self calibrate where your system is at, determine where you would like it to be at and then having choice of how to use your physiology to change your autonomic state – will ensure that you can optimally use your breath and enhance your own wellbeing.
We will answer:
- Should I breathe through my nose or my mouth?
- How do I use my breathe to get into (and stay in) ‘flow’?
- How can I create calm when life is tough?
- What breathing exercises really work?
- Why do some people advocate holding your breath?
- How can I assist someone who is stressing and struggling with their breath?
- And much more …
This workshop is more than a breathe of fresh air… it has the potential to change your health and wellbeing with immediate effect
Presented by Dr Suzanne Henwood, join us and be surprised at the power of your breath and how little we know about something we do 22,000 times a day.
Where: Online via Zoom
For more information and to register – please visit the website:
https://www.grow.co.nz/using-the-breath-to-enhance-health-and-wellbeing
For further details, please contact:
[email protected]
027 607 3000
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Learning Outcomes
Learning Outcomes
After completing the workshop you will be able to:
• Understand the physiology of breathing
• Know how the breath impacts on your body (not you’re your lungs!)
• Assess the efficiency of your own breathing
• And Decide if it would be wise to make a change in your own breathing habits and practices
• Regulate your emotional and autonomic state through working with your breath
• Control your own breathing, and choose the appropriate breathing patterns to achieve your desired outcome
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for people who are aware of their own breathing pattern and wish to understand it better and be able to control their breathing to achieve the desired outcome.
It is also very beneficial for anyone in charge of a team: become more aware of other team members breathing, what this means and what you can do to support this.
NOTE - If your organisation is interested in having Suzanne present face-face to your team as a private workshop, please contact [email protected] for more information.
November, 2026
Friday
August 26,2019
- Tuesday
- 9:00am - 10:00am
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