Cheap Medicine, New Breath Book, and Becoming Students of Life

1. As We Breathe, So We Live

“As we delve into specific breathing patterns, we can begin to discern that our breath has the power to influence how we experience life and even transform the course of our existence and our experience of everything that life is made of. Because, indeed, breath is life. As we breathe, so we live.”

- Eddie Stern, Healing Through Breathing

That excellent passage basically sums up my an entire life philosophy. Thanks for saving me the effort of figuring it out for myself, Eddie 😂

Eddie’s new audiobook is a must-listen. Go get it and enjoy!

2. Becoming Students of Life and Breath

“Life is always trying to show us something. It’s communicating with us through the events, people, and ideas that show up in our lives.”

– Gladys McGarey, MD, The Well-Lived Life

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It’s also communicating with us through our breath. When we tune into our breath, we tune into the signals life is sharing, giving us the opportunity to cultivate awareness and make changes if necessary.

So here’s to frequently aligning with our breath so we can be better students of life, today 🙏

3. How Slow Breathing May Help Inflammation and Metabolic Disease

“Our findings suggest that stress can contribute to a state of chronic, low-grade inflammation that leads to metabolic dysregulation. … Stress-reduction techniques may serve as cost-effective interventions for preventing and treating metabolic disease.”

- Inflammatory Biomarkers Link Perceived Stress with Metabolic Dysregulation

If anything is (almost) certain about controlled slow breathing, it’s that it helps reduce stress. That’s why this study is so important.

It showed that stress is associated with metabolic dysregulation through inflammation. Association doesn’t mean causation, but this provides a pathway for slow breathing to help these conditions.

Namely, by reducing stress, slow breathing may lower inflammation and thus reduce our risks of metabolic dysregulation 👏

4. Spiraling Into Control

When life feels chaotic, slow nasal breathing helps you and your nervous system spiral into control, for a change.

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P.S. This was inspired by this post, which made me laugh and think, “well, slow breathing does kind of do that, lol.”

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