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How to combat stress related chest tightness with Breathing!


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Hi Ladies, welcome back!ย 

๐๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ?

โฃIโ€™ve seen two scenarios happening recently.โฃ

1. The extra stressful state a lot of us have been operating in is doing a couple things to our bodies. We arenโ€™t really connected or at home in our bodies, instead we are up in our thoughts and playing out worst case scenarios. When stress increase we breathe differently and not properly. So instead of nice deep belly breaths we are chest breathing which isnโ€™t as effective. Along with all of that you could experience tightness in your chest which makes it even harder to get a deep breath.

2. If youโ€™re choosing to wear a mask getting in oxygen is so much more of a challenge.

Our bodies need that oxygen so ...๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜น๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ด!

โฃLet me know how much different you feel!โฃ

โฃAs always, remember you have control over your body and your health. ย 

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