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The Breathing Gear System™

The Breathing Gear System™

When we think about the respiratory muscles, it is easy to overlook the complexity and nuance of their training. SH//FT’s Breathing Gear System was developed to encourage people to consider the training of our primary respiratory muscles through learning more about differential control of respiration rate (RR) and Tidal Volume/depth (VT), which is the volume …

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A Breath Practice to Access Your Full Performance Potential

A Breath Practice to Access Your Full Performance Potential

In order to access 100% of your performance potential, you need to have a good breathing practice. We typically only become conscious of our breathing when we are breathing hard or can’t breathe at all. But adding in a breath practice before, during and after competition and training can help performance and recovery. It can …

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Athletic Breathing Patterns for Different Situations

Athletic Breathing Patterns for Different Situations

Athletically speaking, in almost all sports, the pulmonary muscles will be prioritized over all other muscles. This phenomenon is known as the respiratory metaboreflex. The weaker the primary breathing muscles are, the sooner blood is diverted from the loco motor muscles to these muscles. These concepts are important for understanding and adopting athletic breathing patterns. …

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Mapping and Mastering Your Senses with Yoga Nidra

Mapping and Mastering Your Senses with Yoga Nidra

The “Little Man” in Your Brain Your brain has a map of your body that may look very different from the reflection you see in the mirror. The 19th Century idea of “The Homunculous” which means “Little Man” in Latin, is that if your brain could draw your body based on the amount of tissue …

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Tips to Manage your Breath While Running

Tips to Manage your Breath While Running

Running presents one of the most significant obstacles in addressing breathing pattern disorders. While my work over the last 25 years has been around running and running-related mechanical issues, it is not a shock that almost 50% of those who are active, and even in the endurance category, have some breathing pattern issues. Running makes …

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How and Why NOT to Fall Asleep During Yoga Nidra

How and Why NOT to Fall Asleep During Yoga Nidra

If you’ve been to a group guided Yoga Nidra class, you’ve likely been jarred out of the blissful state by someone snoring nearby. Maybe you use Nidra downloads to fall asleep yourself. Any sleep seems welcome if you suffer from insomnia, however, the more you nod off during practice the more you train yourself to …

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The Difference Between Mouth and Nose Breathing

The Difference Between Mouth and Nose Breathing

The respiratory system was designed with the nose in mind and the mouth as a secondary option. The mouth was designed with the digestive system and our communication (vocal cords) in mind. While we could get incredibly granular on the efficacy of these statements and the crossover of many of these statements. Let’s look at …

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The Project of Projection | Emily Hightower

The Project of Projection | Emily Hightower

Issue# 41 We all live in a hall of mirrors, projecting our own realities onto what we see. What gets reflected back to us is just what we already believe. It takes a certain special state to learn anything new or to see beyond our own reflections to even begin to understand anything or anyone …

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Attachment Awareness: Living the Life you Wish | Brian Mackenzie

Attachment Awareness: Living the Life you Wish | Brian Mackenzie

Issue #40 The most potent tool we have is awareness. Awareness is where our minds thrive most. The ability to be aware of when something works for me and when it does not is a tough road at first, and its crucial emotion is frustration, followed by anger. I have been stuck many times in …

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The Will to Survive Free Will | Emily Hightower

The Will to Survive Free Will | Emily Hightower

Issue# 39   Everything in nature is imbued with a natural will. Trees grow, birds migrate, lions hunt, zebras run. Nature doesn’t need will power programs or tools to ‘Survive the Holidays’ and set New Year’s Resolutions that ‘finally stick!’. What is it about human will that requires so much effort? I think it lies …

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