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Breathe Deeply for Less Stress

7/22/2020

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.Increased oxygen decreases stress, improves mood, focus, athletic performance and other positive things.  However, the average adult breathes shallowly through their chest rather than using their diaphragm (the muscle responsible for breathing). Shallow chest breathing causes a continual state of low-grade stress since it provides less oxygen, can overburden the heart, and strains the neck and shoulder muscles.. To practice  diaphragmatic (aka "belly") breathing, place one hand on your belly and the other on your chest while you breathe.  You should feel your belly push your hand away while your chest should not rise.  In addition, breathing through your nose rather than your mouth and using good posture-- sitting and and standing-up straight-- are important.  Keep practicing techniques, and enjoy the wellness rewards!
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    While developing and marketing products in the Beauty industry I naturally became interested in things associated with beauty, both inside and out. As I learned about nutrition, exercise, meditation, yoga, toxin-free skincare, mindfulness, clean eating... (and the list goes on) it became clear how important they all are not only to beauty, but to a healthy, balanced, happy life.  Volumes of information scattered across so many platforms felt overwhelming, and hard to use. Thus I decided to bring it all together in one place so it could be acted-on collectively.  This idea became Collective Wellness.  It is both an ever-growing collection of wellness information and a collective of people---a community that is  learning, growing and sharing the wellness journey together. I hope you join us.  Welcome to Collective Wellness!

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