Studies show that there is actually a direct link between breathing and our cognitive functions.
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We can learn a lot from breaths natural rhythm, pace, and nonjudgment of how this system continues its work, without stressing over the process. If we let it, the breath mostly just does what it does. The breath is not focused on improving its technique, becoming more efficient, or rushing to reach the end of a daily respiration quota.
Do you find it hard to focus? A large percentage of time our minds wander, we are either drawn to focus, ruminate (overthink), push away unpleasant experiences, or cognitively chase after the stuff we want. If we don’t practice being still, we’re likely to get mentally blown about by every experience, pushed around by the ups and downs of life.
By training to pay attention intently while using proper breathwork, we cultivate a resilience that allows us to be present when difficulty and temptation arises. Distractions still come up, but we do not get so lost in them. This understanding of well-being and the breath offers a simple, regular, and available tool to practice with and learn from.
A study has found evidence to show that there is a direct link between nasal breathing and our cognitive functions.
We have all been told to: “Take a deep breath in” during times of trouble. Science indicates that we may now have to update this old belief to read “Take a deep breath in it will help you be more emotionally aware but only if you inhale specifically through your nostrils and not your mouth—good luck.”
While this is difficult to remember during a crisis, the power of active breathing—voluntarily inhaling and exhaling to control our breathing rhythm—is known and used throughout history. We know that slow, deep breathing can calm the nervous system by reducing our heart rate to activate the parasympathetic (calming) nervous system. This is how our bodies and mind become calm.
(Breath in) Are you paying attention to your breath, or just your idea of how it is, should or shouldn’t be?
(Breath out) Is this breath the same as the last one, or a little different, in duration, texture, and intensity?
(Breath in) When we focus on the actual sensations of breathing, do we have to be so tedious?
(Breath out) Isn’t it remarkable and wonderful that we are kept alive in each moment through this mysterious process of inhalation and exhalation, of oxygenation and blood pumping, of the air reaching all the cells of the body?
(Breath in) Isn’t it amazing that there’s air to breathe, a body to take it in, and a mind to watch it?
(Breath out) Each moment as we involve ourselves in the process of breathing, we are training ourselves in curiosity.
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Or at least, not so much. Yes, you could hold your breath for a while. You could choose to breathe deliberately fast and shallow for a time, but fairly soon any attempt to force the breath will produce counter-measures from within.
At the same time, with practice, it’s possible to learn to align with the breath, gently moving with it, while allowing space for it to come into its own natural depth, pace, and flow.
Things seem to go best when we cooperate with the breath, rather than resisting or clinging to it. This is good training for the rest of life, over which we also have only partial control.
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The most effective way to do mindful breathing is simply to focus your attention on your breath, focus on the inhale and exhale. You can do this while standing, but ideally, you’ll have better results from sitting or even lying in a comfortable position. Try this simple guided practice with Diana Winston, Director of Mindfulness Education at UCLA’s Mindful Awareness Research Center:
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