How to use breathwork for your health
I received a round robin email a couple of weeks ago that had links to 2 new breathwork studies that have just been released. One a meta study (so pulling together of lots of other studies) which I’ll come back to another time. The second was a jointly authored paper by several people, including Andrew … Continue reading New Breathwork studies
I’ve been playing around with different breath techniques to use with the Juniors I coach on Tuesdays as I wanted to find a good balance with introducing children to breathwork in an appropriate, safe, fun and useful fashion. I’ve settled on the following – which has been going well and the children have been taking … Continue reading Children, running & breathing
The last part of the presentation I gave was centred around a flow chart that I put together. One for initially establishing – is their breathing good enough, or is there a dysfunction. Dependent on Yes or No, this then led down a decision tree that has a brief outline of what could follow. The … Continue reading Breathing Mechanics Part 3
Last post I begun sharing the beginning of the presentation I gave to coaches on the Scholar Program. This second part is focussed on what can go wrong and who we can address things: This was a slide to show the simple shift in breathing mechanics, based on the movement of the ribcage / sternum … Continue reading Breathing Mechanics Part 2
I was invited to give a presentation on breathing mechanics to the coach forum that I belong to (The Scholar Program run by Steve Magness & John Marcus). The program itself has been an invaluable resource for me, especially as a relatively new coach in need of support, direction and guidance. So being asked to … Continue reading Breathing Mechanics
I’ve been enjoying my running a lot more over the last few weeks – partly as I’ve relaxed a little and also I’ve been fortunate with aches, pains, niggles and injuries (long may this continue). I’ve been able to run in more organised races – the Big Half, the first half of the London marathon … Continue reading Breathing as we run
I went down a rabbit hole last week, researching rib flare in runners (or hyper extended ribs) and ended up on a long and interesting journey that took in several books and helped pull together some threads for me, alongside which hopefully has helped developed a deeper understanding around just how key the diaphragm & … Continue reading Rib Flare
I’ve had this on my mind recently – in terms of two questions I was asked, one recently taking me back in a circular fashion to another, I was asked a few months ago. Both have this principle (coaching – why?) central to underpinning the question asked and so I thought it was a good … Continue reading Coaching – why?
I had an interesting experience today with a boy who was suffering from hay fever in school. As you’d expect he had a blocked nose, itchy eyes and was feeling uncomfortable and feeling sorry for himself (quite understandably). I was curious if some breathwork would be able to help relieve his congestion and discomfort, calming … Continue reading Helping children with hay fever
I’ve been spending the last few days working out some balance to my training for the year. The reason behind this is entering https://www.manaslutrailrace.org/ earlier this year. The basic stats around which are: 10 days for a total of 192km, 12,170m of ascent, 10,994m of descent. Working out at an average of 21k a day, … Continue reading Getting from here to there
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