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The Power Of Breathing

5 valuable ways breathing can benefit your life — Photo by Le Minh Phuong on Unsplash

Breathing is essential to life for all humans. Something so crucial to our survival you would think we would talk about it more. Until I came across the well known Wim Hoff I never gave it much thought. Maybe it’s because our breathing is self-regulated and we don’t have to think about it at all unless we are in danger of not breathing. Of course, breathing keeps us alive but it also has so many positive qualities for our body and mind. We have to talk about this topic a lot more until we all see the benefits of breathwork In our life which has led me to write 5 valuable ways breathing benefits your life.

There have been countless studies on breath work from Harvard medical school to Wim Hoff himself who isn’t a doctor but can back up all of his claims on breath work through scientifically-backed research. There is so much research out there on breathwork it’s a no brainier that it works.

How It’s Benefited Me

Since I have started breathwork as a morning routine and using it as part of my Yoga exercises. It has helped me tremendously. I can’t say if it has helped me health-wise but definitely for mental control of the things I do. I can last longer in holding positions I never thought possible for that length of time. The biggest takeaway is the calmness it has brought to my life. I feel way more present and less stressful and from it have become a better dad and husband at home.

Below I have put together the 5 Valuable Ways Breathing Benefits Your Life so you can understand why taking up breathwork should be part of your daily routine. I hope this helps you with your self-improvement journey

Why You Should Do It?

Improve Your Health

From research, these are just some of the benefits you can find when deep breathing can be beneficial for your health. We all want to live a healthy life and simple breathing techniques can help you achieve that goal.

Lower your heart rate
Improve digestion
Lower your blood pressure
Improve diabetic symptoms
Stimulates lymphatic system
it detoxifies the body
Reduce depression
Better manage chronic pain
Reduces Inflammation
Natural Painkiller
Reduce stress levels in your body
Better regulate your body’s reaction to stress and fatigue
Reduce the possibility of burnout for caregivers

If you are suffering from any of these above now is the time to invest in breathing work.

Keeps You In Control

Whenever I do Yoga or my exercise routine. Breathwork has pushed me on to new levels of growth. For me, it boosts willpower to carry on and stay in control of my mind and body when I’m in some uncomfortable holding positions in Yoga and helps push me on when I’m feeling extremely tired doing HITT cardio. Whenever you’re doing any form of exercise make sure breathwork is part of it.

Keeps You Calm Under Pressure

Breathwork is an amazing tool for bringing oxygen back to the brain when you’re under pressure or you have lost control of your emotions. It’s a tool that’s been amazingly used on our 7-year-old son. Now he’s dealing with all kinds of different emotions and breathing has allowed him to come back to centre within seconds. For me as an adult whenever I get stressed out on a deadline or when it gets a bit overwhelming. Breathing takes all of this away and brings me back to a clear mind.

Helps With Relaxation

All meditation has breath work within it and the reason is. It calms the mind into a relaxation state where you feel one with yourself. It’s the closest thing you can get to being asleep but awake at the same time. If life is getting out of control take an x amount of time throughout your day and practice deep breathing work. You will feel the relaxation benefits from it immediately.

Keep You Present In The Moment

When life feels out of control breathing can help bring you back to the present. At that moment you can forget about the past and future and just focus on what’s happening around you. This has been proven to elevate stress and anxiety in people. It’s also a great way to focus on what’s is important and that’s the here and now of your life. The part you can control and breathwork help you do that.

In my life, I lived in the past and future and ultimately I was unhappy because of it. When I focussed on breath work and staying present I became happier and in-turn my pains of the past evaporated. My future inturn improved because of the focusing on the present and has gave me great clarity on help to move into it with positivity.

Final Thoughts

If we can make this mainstream and teach it to all children not only will they have a tool to keep themselves in control but also dealing with the stresses of adulthood. I reckon we would all make better decisions and deal with life’s difficulties and setbacks a lot better. As well as seeing amazing health benefits from it too. I recommend Wim Hoff if you are going to start and is easily accessible on YouTube to get started. I hope you have been inspired to give it ago. Have an open mind, research it and you will be thanking yourself you have taken breathing work up I have no doubt.

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STAY SAFE, STAY HAPPY

By Adam Smith

The Power Of Routine

7 guaranteed ways to improve your routines with an alarm clock — Photo by Laura Chouette on Unsplash

Routine is what makes all of us do the things we do, that”s why i have created 7 guaranteed ways to improve your routines. As humans we are creatures of habit. This can be good but also be bad too. In life there have been many people with more natural talent than I have. For example – they was better communicators in business or in sport faster sprinters.

Through experience I have learned, bad routines and talent combined. Success is really hard to come by but with routines and talent, success is easily achieved. To make sure I can be the best that i can be, I decided to look at my routines. My sleep patterns, eating habits and general thoughts I had.

What I found was. Successful people like Conor Mcgregor a two time UFC champion, Alex Fegurson Manchester United all time best manager. In business, entrepreneur Richard Branson to motivation speaker Tony Robbins. They all had one thing in common, ROUTINES.

As I am keen sportsman, when I was younger routines helped with my mindset. Simple things like when I’m playing football. I have the same shirt number (14) and having the same morning preparation each time.

So, I took this same mindset into business. My sport routines gave me so much confidence to achieve success. Applying this into a business environment had the very same outcome as well.

Below are some of my 7 guaranteed ways to improve your routines.

Consistent Wake Up Time

I wake up 6 am everyday. At first it was a struggle. After 1 week my brain adapted and I didn’t need an alarm because my brain woke me up naturally. I was fresh every morning ready to attack the day! This also gave me confidence to start the day with the first win.

Consistent Morning Preparation

Being consistent in the morning was about doing everything in the same order everyday. Just like preparing for a football match with the packing of my bag to putting on my kit in the same order. Having the same routine allowed me to free up brain power of what to do. Keeping your brain energised so it last longer throughout the day is important This allows you to not worry about what your doing in the morning. An example of this is Mark Zuckerberg who wears the same style clothes everyday to save brain power.

Planning Your Life

Planning your life allows you prepare your days in advance. This routine points you in the right direction of your goals. Whenever i create a plan it allows my brain to understand whats coming next and helps me complete the task. Whereas with no plan i am aimless going nowhere in life. This mindset makes you maximise everyday to the fullest, making you look back and go, that was great day!

A Just Win Attitude

Everyday we come up against problems big and small but it’s how we deal with them that defines our success. So to every problem you face. Just ask yourself how can I win at this? Who can help me win? What do I need to win? Doing so will make you achieve more and make you far more happier with you accomplishing more in your day.

Tell Everyone About What You’re Doing And Where You’re Headed

Be consistent with your message and back it up with action. By telling your family, friends, coaches and colleagues what goals and agenda you want to achieve. It’s a sure fire way to hold you accountable every day of your life.

This is important because it’s easy for us to have goals with ourselves and if we don’t meet those goals we can easily forgive ourselves and say it’s OK. When other people are involved and we don’t achieve our goals that we said we would. There’s feelings of I’ve let you down, regret and not being honourable to my word. So this always drives you on to achieve those goals.

For short term goals, always make sure you set realistic achievable goals. And for long term goals you need to think of the bigger picture.

Read Read Read

Every successful person has a library in their home. Why? Because every book has knowledge, and every book has a million pound idea that could change your whole life.

The best thing about books like Think and Grow Rich or Leadership Revolution. Is that they help us grow as people and help us understand the skills we are trying to develop. Reading can help us come up with new ideas and help pass on the message to everyone we come in contact with. But most importantly it helps our brain be alive. As our brain is a muscle and the more we train it, the more it develops.

Healthy Lifestyle

Eating, drinking and working out are essential for keeping your mind and body in top condition. It’s important that you find a meal plan and a workout routine that’s good for your schedule and stick to it, you will see results within weeks.

Final Thoughts

These are the 7 guaranteed ways to improve your routines that have got me good to this point of my life where I run my own company. I still want to better my routines and habits as i look for bigger goals in my life.

So, if you’re looking to improve your life with family, finances or just enjoying life more. Start doing everything above now and you will succeed and be the winner you know you are!