It's interesting to me being a walker that this sort of thing just happens naturally if you're in touch with your surroundings and yourself still please post more it's nice to have the reminders. Good health to you all.
thank you, very helpful, I had the problem of always breathing too fast and not even while doing any kind of movement. This is great because now I can breath through my belly while walking without feeling dizzy and brain fog due to chronic hyperventilation 🙏
Thank you for this post featuring Dr. Jim Nicolai.... to go deeper one may read "Breathwalk: Breathing Your Way to a Revitalized Body, Mind and Spirit" by Gurucharan Singh Khalsa and Yogi Bhajan. In my experience and teaching I've modified the 4 count form to reflect a non-western, aboriginal space/time...in African drumming etc there is no 4 count -- 4/4 time or 3 count -- 3/4 time. We are all born naturally rhythmical, naturally as aboriginal. Untampered with MindBody knows.
How can you get some peace of mind if you are breathing at a rate of 15 breaths a minute? I start walking at 10 breaths per minute, after a minute go to 8 breaths a minute, and as long as it is flat or downhill, go to 6 breaths per minute. Any uphill at all requires this to then increase to 8 bpm, a 7% grade for me would require 10 bpm. Breathing continuously at 15 bpm would be at least a 10% grade. For really steep, you may need 20 bpm As an example, at 6 bpm, you would breath in for six steps, hold for four steps, breath out for six steps and hold for another four steps. 8 bpm requires a 6/2/6/2 pattern, 10 bpm 4/2/4/2, 15bpm, as demonstrated here is 4/4 and 20bpm would be 3/3 Buddhist Mantras, or similar, are great things to mentally recite when you are walking to help do this But surely you would be hyper ventilating at 15 on the flat
With these breathing exercises from you and Dr. Weil can you overdo it? How do you know if you have overdone it? I think Dr. Weil recommended four sets of 4-7-8, 2X/day but for me that doesn't seem enough even at the beginning. So I am doing more sets but wonder if l can do too many and there might be detrimental somehow?
Thank you for this video highlighting the importance of proper breathing. I was wondering if there are any recommendations for a bicycle commuter with 12mile/ hr average speed? I have been trying to practice a (3/3) 3s inhale and 3s exhale. Is it optimum breathing for a bike commuter?
Breathing in time with walking cadence is fine, but not this way. The in an out breaths should add up to an ODD NUMBER, e.g. in 4 strides, out 5 strides. If you do it the way suggested here, you're setting yourself up for an injury.
The mouth, and chest muscles are inefficient for breathing and don’t allow maximum oxygen to be released into the tissues. Stick with nose breathing and learn to breath with diaphragm only because pulling air in and out of the lungs well is what it was designed for.😊
It's interesting to me being a walker that this sort of thing just happens naturally if you're in touch with your surroundings and yourself still please post more it's nice to have the reminders. Good health to you all.
thank you, very helpful, I had the problem of always breathing too fast and not even while doing any kind of movement. This is great because now I can breath through my belly while walking without feeling dizzy and brain fog due to chronic hyperventilation 🙏
Thank you for this post featuring Dr. Jim Nicolai.... to go deeper one may read "Breathwalk: Breathing Your Way to a Revitalized Body, Mind and Spirit" by Gurucharan Singh Khalsa and Yogi Bhajan. In my experience and teaching I've modified the 4 count form to reflect a non-western, aboriginal space/time...in African drumming etc there is no 4 count -- 4/4 time or 3 count -- 3/4 time. We are all born naturally rhythmical, naturally as aboriginal. Untampered with MindBody knows.
Que lindo es el Dr. Nicolai! Thank You for your advise and great video; You are handsome!
Great video. Dr Nicolai I miss you so much, glad to know you're at Miraval and hope to come out and see you soon! :)
Good guidance for breathing during each activity like walking, running...sliding up down. ..
I have incorporated this into my daily walks even in the cold of winter here in Canada
I learned it from Tony Robbins , but he adds affirmations to it like: I love my life,
Thank you for this. Is there a recommended time frame ?
How can you get some peace of mind if you are breathing at a rate of 15 breaths a minute?
I start walking at 10 breaths per minute, after a minute go to 8 breaths a minute, and as long as it is flat or downhill, go to 6 breaths per minute. Any uphill at all requires this to then increase to 8 bpm, a 7% grade for me would require 10 bpm. Breathing continuously at 15 bpm would be at least a 10% grade. For really steep, you may need 20 bpm
As an example, at 6 bpm, you would breath in for six steps, hold for four steps, breath out for six steps and hold for another four steps. 8 bpm requires a 6/2/6/2 pattern, 10 bpm 4/2/4/2, 15bpm, as demonstrated here is 4/4 and 20bpm would be 3/3
Buddhist Mantras, or similar, are great things to mentally recite when you are walking to help do this
But surely you would be hyper ventilating at 15 on the flat
With these breathing exercises from you and Dr. Weil can you overdo it? How do you know if you have overdone it? I think Dr. Weil recommended four sets of 4-7-8, 2X/day but for me that doesn't seem enough even at the beginning. So I am doing more sets but wonder if l can do too many and there might be detrimental somehow?
Thank you for this video highlighting the importance of proper breathing. I was wondering if there are any recommendations for a bicycle commuter with 12mile/ hr average speed? I have been trying to practice a (3/3) 3s inhale and 3s exhale. Is it optimum breathing for a bike commuter?
Nice Jim!
Great and instructive video.
Yes, but just how beneficial is this to your health?
Great Video.. infact i was looking for same techniques. thanks Dr.
Will it be better to evade deep chest breathing and change it to abdominal?
could we do this everytime throughout the day ?? please anyone answer this
OK.. Thanks, wl try tomorrow...
Can I do this and only do nose breathing? Is there a reason for the mouth breathing? Thank you :)
So what are the benefits?
Breathing in time with walking cadence is fine, but not this way. The in an out breaths should add up to an ODD NUMBER, e.g. in 4 strides, out 5 strides.
If you do it the way suggested here, you're setting yourself up for an injury.
Breathwalk has become a part of my walks. Can you suggest a music tape that uses a 4 count base that could be used with my walks?
Most popular music is in 4/4 time and can be used this way!
so helpful n easy
THANK YOU!!
Thank you sir
Great, now my neighbours think I've got a coke problem.
I thought are breath out should be longer.
It sounded alittie like that in slow.
The mouth, and chest muscles are inefficient for breathing and don’t allow maximum oxygen to be released into the tissues. Stick with nose breathing and learn to breath with diaphragm only because pulling air in and out of the lungs well is what it was designed for.😊
Sa Ta Na Ma .... This is what you say aloud or to yourself ...... He never credits the book breathwalk
I miss those days where i could walk without shortness of breath and without having to take a deep breath every 10 seconds
I was searching for techniques to last longer in bed. End up here. Can somebody explain?
Thank you.❤