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Breathing Ex: Nasal Breathing with many Small Breath Holds
Try this breathing exercise now and just notice how it makes you feel! Just a few minutes…time for yourself this bank holiday…ideal for calming yourself at anytime.
This particular technique helps to prepare your body for a tolerable feeling of breathlessness. By holding your breath for short periods of time it enables the gas Nitric Oxide (NO) to pool inside your nasal cavity, and for the gas Carbon Dioxide to slightly increase in your blood. After doing it for just a few minutes the accumulated Nitric Oxide travels from the nasal cavity to the lungs. When practicing the exercise (holding your breath for up to 5 seconds) if you experience a feeling of hunger for air it shows that the carbon dioxide is increasing in your blood which is a good sign. However, if you find the air hunger too much simply reduce the number of seconds to perhaps 4 or even 3. In due course you will be able to increase it. This exercise is ideal as a warm up to doing other breathing exercises and also great for reducing anxiety and stress, asthma symptoms and aiding breathing recovery following physical exercise. Please note that breath holds are not suitable for anyone who is pregnant. If you have health issues you may wish to consult your GP or Breath Work Practitioner to discuss the suitability of breath work for you personally.
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Lisa
Multi-Award Winning Hypnotherapist & Healer
www.hypnotherapyandhealing.co.uk
lisapryce-jones@outlook.com / 07427 451992
Lisa Pryce-Jones
Multi-Award Winning Hypnotherapist & Healer
www.hypnotherapyandhealing.co.uk
Meet Nellie from Nara and Dragon Dai from Wales!
Just look at these beautiful new additions to our garden. Nine years have absolutely flown by since my partner David and I met and we could not resist treating each other with these beauties to mark the milestone and to admire each day as we walk across the decorative chippings to our Zen Den – Nellie from Nara, Japan and Dai the good old Welsh Dragon!
We wanted something to remind us of our incredible trip to Nara in Japan, where the deers bow to you as you feed them deer crackers. The city holds a very special place in our hearts and in Japan deer (sika deer) are highly revered as sacred messengers of the gods (kami) in the indigenous Shinto religion. They symbolize peace, prosperity, longevity, and divine communication.
Thanks to Tim and Debbie of Onnen Studios in Llandilio for our beautiful bespoke metalwork – we absolutely love them Nellie and Dai!
Lisa
Multi-Award Winning Hypnotherapist & Healer
www.hypnotherapyandhealing.co.uk
lisapryce-jones@outlook.com
Lisa Pryce-Jones
Multi-Award Winning Hypnotherapist & Healer
www.hypnotherapyandhealing.co.uk
In a World where you can be anything, be Kind!
In a world where you can be anything… be kind.
Kind to people who think differently to you.
Kind to people whose path is not your path.
Kind to people who believe differently, heal differently, cope differently and grow differently.
Not everybody is meant to work the same way, live the same way or see the world through the same lens. Diversity in thought, belief and approach is what makes humanity interesting.
But most importantly, be kind to yourself too.
Do not shrink yourself to fit environments that no longer align with your values.
Do not betray who you are just to gain acceptance.
And do not allow other people’s judgement, ego or closed-mindedness to make you question your own heart or purpose.
Mental Health Awareness Week is a reminder that words matter.
Compassion matters.
Empathy matters.
You never truly know what somebody else is carrying, healing from or navigating behind the scenes.
There is strength in being direct.
There is strength in being spiritual.
There is strength in being practical.
There is strength in being sensitive.
None of those things cancel each other out.
So today, choose kindness.
Towards others.
Towards yourself.
And towards the parts of you that refuse to stop shining just because somebody else does not understand your light.
Together, united, we can all make a difference and help to make our world a better place.
Lisa Pryce-Jones
Multi-Award Winning Hypnotherapist & Healer
www.hypnotherapyandhealing.co.uk
