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object or are training at the gym.
For example, when someone is
doing a crunch they should exhale
while crunching to support and
maintain consciousness of the body
movement.

8. Responsive Breathing

A sign of high BQ - Breath
Intelligence is when the breath
feels free and is flexible and
adaptable, rather than maladaptive
and reactive. A reactive pattern
would be when we stop breathing
when we’re listening, concentrating,
texting or holding an emotion.
Responsive breathing adapts and
flows in a way that serves whatever
activity we are engaged in without
holding the breath. For example,
one should be able to breath
continuously during the feeling and
the expression of emotions such
as anger, sadness, fear, joy and
happiness.

9. CO tolerance
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Good tolerance to carbon dioxide in homeostasis. The expanded About the Authors
the blood will prevent over breathing inhalation of the yawns and the
Viola Edward is a
and will support calm breathing at one that precedes a sigh maintains Breathwork therapy
rest resulting in improved cellular the integrity of lung expansion. expert and multi-
respiration. To score and assess These reflexes can also be used awarded Mentor,
including an “Honoris
CO tolerance, we can time how consciously as a technique to aid
2 Causa Doctor of
many seconds we are able to relaxation and release tension. Humanity” (AUGP).
hold the breath after a normal However, continuous and habitual Pioneer of Breathwork
exhale before feeling the first urge yawning and sighing that is out of and mental health
fitness in the workplace
to breathe. A good BQ - Breath context could indicate dysfunctional since 1993, she recently introduced Breathwork
Intelligence indicator is the ability breathing pattern, underlying illness into addiction rehabilitation centers. Co-owner of
to hold a comfortable pause of 20 or psychological stress. Kayana Breathwork and GRIT Academy, Author
of “Breathing the Rhythm of Success” and “Who
seconds after a normal exhalation.
Makes the Bed?” and co-author of eight other
The longer we are able to hold the books. Teaching in English, Spanish and Arabic,
pause, the greater our tolerance Viola is convinced that awareness of the Breath
to carbon dioxide and the more and the practice of Conscious Breathing is at the
core of every person’s wellbeing.
efficient cellular respiration will be.
This test is best done first thing in Dr. Ela Manga is an
the morning on waking. Note that integrative medical
conscious breath holding as a test doctor and leading voice
in the field of mind-body
is different from unconscious breath
medicine. She has
holding which would indicate a dedicated her career
suboptimal breathing pattern. to using breathing as
medicine and as a tool
for personal growth
10. Yawns and Sighs and transformation.
Ela is a sought-after speaker, both locally and
Both yawns and sighs are natural internationally, and has a revolutionary way of
‘recovery loops’. They are inbuilt facilitating groups for profound transformation.
physiological reflexes that boost She is the founder of Breathwork Africa and
author of BREATH: Strategising Energy in
parasympathetic activity (relaxation
the Age of Burnout. She lives and works in
response) and are part of the Johannesburg, South Africa.
body’s natural way of maintaining © COPYRIGHT ELA MANGA AND VIOLA EDWARD 2020
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