Survival vs. Co-creation

Inhibited breathing is linked to a perception, that the world appears to be an unpredictable or even difficult or dangerous place. This belief supports its own reality, creating a circle of cause and effect.

Survival responses are linked to the sympathetic nervous system and the reptilian brain, which can only choose between fight or flight. By unconsciously repeating these survival reactions, they become established and second nature.

Becoming aware and changing your breathing pattern is one of the ways you can break this perpetual loop and re-engage the parasympathetic nervous system (responsible for rest, digestion, and healing). This opens you up to creative choice and, therefore, conscious co-creation.

Changing the breathing pattern by slowing down and deepening the breath allows the exhales to become relaxed and smooth and the inhales to become active and full while remaining present; it restores your ability to choose your response in a conscious, creative manner rather than re-act in habituated ways.

It is good to know it, but it only works if you apply it! 😉