Mastering Your Breath for Optimal Well-Being

Testing Your Breathing Techniques (video)

“Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness, which unites your body to your thoughts. Whenever your mind becomes scattered, use your breath as the means to take hold of your mind again.”

 

― Thich Nhat Hanh, The Miracle of Mindfulness: An Introduction to the Practice of Meditation

 

We breathe about 22,000 times a day, so it makes sense that we should stop and take a moment to reflect on our breathing techniques. 

 

Knowing how you’re currently breathing is the first important step towards optimal breathing.

🫁 Test Your Breathing Techniques

In the following video, Aäron will give you detailed instructions on how to perform two breathing tests:

🧠 Time to practise! 

 

Perform one of the tests from the video and write down your result.

 

Keep testing your breathing over time. If you start applying everything you learn in this course, you’ll notice a vast improvement in your scores.

 

👉 Continue to the last lesson to learn practical strategies for improving your breathing.