Breathwork
More often than not, the answer is to just relax and breathe. Breathe deep and all around. Take in the fresh air of Nature and look down upon the chemical-filled recycled air filling most buildings (gyms).
Learning to control oneself (the path to mastery) is going to be hard if you can't control how you breathe. If you're stuck doing short breathes through your mouth and chest then it's only going to reinforce stress and poor tongue posture.
You want to breathe deeply through the diaphragm, keep your mouth shut and use your nose most of the day. This falls in line with correct tongue posture up against the palate (roof of the mouth).
Then after that, there are several breathwork practices we can implement to take advantage of everything the human body has to offer.
How to Breathe
When you breathe you want fill the diaphragm in all directions, not just out. Your belly and diaphragm are not the same thing. Your diaphragm can even wrap around your lats in your upper back.
All the air through your nose. This will produce nitric oxide which increases blood flow and oxygen absorption.
Play Video
Brewing Thunder
Aim for grace, Aim for parasympathetic. Most people are too stressed out as it is. Too much sympathetic. Stray away from things that simply increase your sympathetic to numb your issues with more stress hormones.
The video below will you show you how to feel your diaphragm fully, many of you for the first time.
Play Video
Buteyko Breathing & Alternate Nasal breathing mentioned in video above. Adding breathwork after your morning meditation, I've found to work great.
Parasympathetic Activation
An important note: the length and smoothness of your exhale is an important indicator of your restfulness. We all want to strive for better parasympathetic activation. Lengthen and smooth out your exhale to take control of yourself and deepen your recovery.
Further Learning
Something so simpe yet so far removed from the average thought process of "peformance". People like Wim Hof the Iceman have showed how simple breathwork can change physiology.
More often than not, the answer is to just relax and breathe. Breathe deep and all around. Take in the fresh air of Nature and look down upon the chemical-filled recycled air filling most buildings (gyms).
Learning to control oneself (the path to mastery) is going to be hard if you can't control how you breathe. If you're stuck doing short breathes through your mouth and chest then it's only going to reinforce stress and poor tongue posture.
You want to breathe deeply through the diaphragm, keep your mouth shut and use your nose most of the day. This falls in line with correct tongue posture up against the palate (roof of the mouth).
Then after that, there are several breathwork practices we can implement to take advantage of everything the human body has to offer.