One of the biggest and least known methods for getting better and more restorative sleep is NASAL BREATHING. Mouth breathing deprives us of the oxygen that our tissues need.

How the heck does that happen?

Our ability to extract and utilize oxygen is not so much based on the amount of oxygen we are bringing in but the balance between carbon dioxide and oxygen. We need to retain carbon dioxide to weaken the bond of oxygen to the RBC so we can extract and use it.

Mouth breathing releases way too much carbon dioxide from the body and disrupts this balance. Nasal breathing restores it.

I cover a few more benefits to nasal breathing in this episode as well as some techniques to optimizing your breathing and your sleep.

Enjoy the episode!