We all understand the importance of a healthy lifestyle such as eating a healthy diet and doing regular exercise, but many of us don’t realise just how important the breath is. We often don’t give it much thought as it’s an automatic process. However, the breath plays a crucial role in our health.

So many of us are unknowingly breathing in unhealthy patterns due to unresolved past trauma. Breathing patterns such as upper chest breathing or fast and shallow breaths lead to oxygen deficiency. This causes a reduction in the oxygen intake by our body’s cells.

Every cell in our body needs oxygen to survive – if we were to stop breathing, we would die. This is exactly what happens to the cells of our body when they are starved of oxygen – they deteriorate and eventually die. For this reason, chronic poor breathing habits linking to unresolved trauma is the root cause of most disease.

This understanding of how our breathing effects our health has been known for thousands of years and more recently, scientific studies are beginning to realise this ancient wisdom.