Diaphragmatic Breathing
Technique
Stress management and creating a pause before reactive or emotional eating; also recommended before meals to reset the nervous system
"With all my clients, I teach diaphragmatic breathing within like the first two sessions because I truly believe it is so powerful. It's something internal that you don't need anybody else for and nobody needs to know you're doing it."
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Reducing stress response, moving from fight-or-flight to rest-and-digest state, interrupting negative thoughts
"Taking control of your breath is one of the most life-changing things that you can do. Learning to breathe from your diaphragm is utterly fascinating. What you're doing is a mechanical process that has stimulatory effects in the body — it allows us to reduc..."
Relaxing tight pelvic floor muscles
"Doing exercises to specifically relax these muscles. So that can be diaphragmatic breathing. That can be doing like a figure four stretch. That can be doing happy baby pose."