Academy West Breathing Performance

TEDx Bend tickets for the event and live watch party are available in the link below.

Thanks for all of your support and we can’t wait to see you there!

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Owning your breathing performance means influencing your nervous system when it matters the most.

SHAME GUILT FEAR
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LOVE JOY PURPOSE

It’s up to you, it’s your breathing

A lot of people want to talk about meditation or mindfulness but these words are really triggering when you’re dealing with a lot of stress. Imagine being in the ICU on the worst day of your life and a medical provider like me comes in and tries to talk to you about meditation or mindfulness or “breathwork”. It doesn’t go well (🖕🏻)

In that same scenario of somebody comes in and says “let’s talk about “ - that’s a lot more approachable language. That’s what I want you to do. Talk Field see, and use your breathing first.

If your life feels chaotic, wake up, sit down, focus on your breathing until you don’t want to anymore.

No app, no counting, no “breath work” - remember this is not your job. It’s not what you have to do, you get to breathe.

Each day you do this as a gift and training your mind to fall in love with the sound and feeling of your own breathing is a way to find freedom

So start your day focused on your breathing until you don’t want to anymore. That is the essence of “breathing first”

Thanks for loving your breathing and for loving academy West, it means the world to me


breathingperformance not breathwork

Feeling like your chest wall is stuck? The sneaky little muscle may be the culprit. Once you’ve got your diaphragm moving first, it’s all about chest wall expansion. Pec Minor maybe to blame for that blocky feeling in your chest wall.

Soft tissue mobilization, stretch, strengthen - this works for your breathing muscles as well.

We can help you do you feel like your chest may be stuck? This is what we see all the time and we’re here to help.