#323: Improve Your Breathing, Improve Your Health

Published: July 20, 2017, 4:36 p.m.

Take a breath right now.\nDid your chest go up and down?\nCongratulations, you just failed at breathing.\nDon\u2019t worry, my guest today on the show will set you straight.\nHer name is Belisa Vranich. She\u2019s a clinical psychologist who has made a career re-training people on how to breathe correctly and in her latest book, "Breathe," she provides a step-by-step program to help people breathe better.\nToday on the show, Belisa explains all the ill health and psychological effects of poor breathing, like increased stress, poor sleep, poor mental function, and even poor digestion, as well as why so many people mess up this seemingly simple and automatic bodily process.\nShe then walks listeners through how to take a proper breath and even shares some exercises you can do to train yourself to breathe better and improve your all-around health.\nThis is an extremely practical podcast, and you\u2019re going to feel great after you do the breathing exercises Belisa lays out.