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Breathing is far more than the improve and enjoy health, enhance respiratory rate, the more likely it is
exchange of air. It is a language physical performance, develop that one is in a state of sympathetic
and a reflection of the quality of life emotional intelligence and deepen overdrive. The RR naturally
force as it is expressed through the self-awareness. It is another diminishes when lying down or when
body, mind and heart. Every breath step closer to quantifying one’s being observed. The objective is to
that we take mirrors our conscious relationship with breath and thus life get a picture of the person’s habitual
and unconscious thoughts, the itself, a quality that usually cannot breathing patterns during everyday
emotions, feelings and sensations be measured. activities. Our RR is very responsive
we experience in every moment. to stress, temperature, artificial
BQ - Breath Intelligence is a non-
The breath can also be a reflection stimulants and medication and can
of deeply held emotional trauma, of invasive method for assessing the be a good indicator of how the body
health of the body/mind system,
habitual patterns of tension that have is responding to various stimuli.
been carried from the moment of following progress without the use of
equipment or wearable technology.
conception, or the experience of birth 2. Nostril breathing at rest
and the conditioning imprinted by Using these parameters to become
aware of the subtleties of respiratory Breathing through the nostrils during
family, culture and the journey of life.
rate, rhythm, volume breathed everyday activities and when at rest
Observation of the subtle nuances and breathing patterns opens up is a natural choice. There are also
of our breathing patterns is simply a clearer picture of the underlying situations when it is very natural to
the most obvious and measurable mental, emotional and physiological breathe through the mouth, such as
way to monitor the mental and states. Knowledge of the effects when yawning, sighing and when
emotional fluctuations reflected of conscious breathing practice we require more oxygen during
in our physiology. Through our enables powerful support to the singing and exercise. Habitual
awareness of the breath as a body’s natural pull towards balance, mouth breathing whilst at rest, leads
support for mindfulness and homeostasis and harmony. to what some call ‘over breathing’,
presence, we are offered an entry this can fuel the stress response
point to help release unconscious Please note: and impact cellular respiration
breathing habits that hinder clarity • Any technique or set of and metabolic function. Habitual
and balance. breathing exercises that breathing through the mouth may
are being practiced should indicate an underlying medical
ultimately serve Breath condition such as chronic sinusitis
Intelligence. or nasal septum deviation. It may
• These parameters should not also occur as result of a breathing
be seen in isolation, but rather habit that has developed over time.
in the context of all the other
parameters. 3. Abdominal expansion on
• Certain conscious breathing the inhale
Breath
practices will seem to override
Quotient As we inhale and the lungs inflate,
the guidelines below, but are
(BQ) is an the abdomen will bulge out. As we
used for very specific purposes
experiential exhale and the lungs deflate, the
of emotional release.
set of breathing • It is recommend that you abdomen should naturally retract.
parameters that we can If this pattern is reversed, with
use BQ - Breath Intelligence
observe and track in ourselves. together with someone who the abdomen being sucked in on
It can also serve as guidelines an active inhale and pushed out
has some form of breathwork
for mentors, coaches, therapists training and who is able to guide on the exhale, it may indicate a
and health practitioners in the compromised diaphragm function
you.
assessment and monitoring of or pattern of stress that causes the
• Disclaimer: These set of
the breathing characteristics of inhibition of full lung expansion. This
parameters are general
people they are working with and can be corrected with training belly
indicators and do not replace
supporting. breathing.
a formal medical diagnosis or
treatment.
Acknowledging that our breathing 4. Abdominal vs. Chest
reflects our physical, emotional 1. Resting Respiratory Rate breathing
and spiritual health, the BQ -
Breath Intelligence system has In general, a resting respiratory rate A common suboptimal breathing
been developed as a simple (RR) between 8 to14 breaths/minute pattern is the overuse of smaller and
multi-dimensional guideline for while seated indicates that the less efficient accessory muscles
anyone involved in the vast field of body’s autonomic nervous system in the neck and shoulders. These
conscious breathing, whether to is in balance. The higher the resting muscles are designed to support
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