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AWARENESS
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Sensing Inspiration
Debbie Rosas, Nia CEO + Founder
From the moment you take your first breath, ‘til the moment you take the last one,
your body breathes you via an amazing system called the respiratory system.
All living creatures share one thing, breathing. In
a human body, it is called respiration. Your body’s
respiratory system provides life-giving oxygen to all
your cells. Oxygen breaks down glucose (sugars) from
the food you eat and releases it as energy, so you can
do what you want, when you want. Think of respiration
as taking place in two stages. Stage one, gas
exchange, is where the transfer of oxygen and carbon
dioxide occurs between the outside atmosphere and
inside your lungs. Stage two, cellular respiration, is
where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide
occurs between your blood and metabolically active
tissues. The in and out of breath is what every cell
in your body depends on to sustain the right kind of
balance between oxygen in and carbon dioxide out.
Achieve good in and out and your body will have a
good chance of sustaining health. So how do you make
breathing happen? You don’t. From the moment you
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Healthy
A healthy respiratory system means you can
efficiently breathe in to add oxygen and breathe out
to remove carbon dioxide from your body’s cells. It
means you can physically do what you want to do
with dynamic ease and comfort.
Unhealthy
An unhealthy respiratory system means you cannot
efficiently breathe in to add oxygen and breathe out
to remove carbon dioxide from your body’s cells. It
means you cannot physically act without experiencing
shortness of breath, fatigue, and discomfort. Having
an unhealthy respiratory system can mean living with
the diseases of cystic fibrosis, asthma, emphysema,
pulmonary hypertension, and/or pneumonia.
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"Smile, breathe and go slowly."
— Thích Nhất Hạn, Zen Master, Poet, Peace and Human Rights Activist
Continued...
take your first breath until the moment you take the last
one, your body breathes you. You can, however, assist
your body by using its parts the way they’re designed
to be used. Help your body manage all the amazing
functions its respiratory system handles by breathing
deeply, making sound, speaking, sneezing, coughing, and
exercising.more fiber to your diet, you can put yourself
back on track to having a healthy digestive system.
Debbie says:
I perceive my spirit as the all-embracing unique element
that makes me the person I am. I perceive breath as the
life-force energy that flows through me, the stuff that
connects me to all that is. It’s a gift I was given at birth
that breathed life into me, the elixir that awakened in me,
life in a body, one of human flesh, mind, heart, and spirit.
I allow the world to breathe me, and in turn, I breathe in
the magic of the world around me. In doing so, I become
one with all that is. How does it all happen? Only the body
truly knows.
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Tips
Every day:
❶
Activate relaxed
moment.
breathing
by
smelling
the
❷ Be in relationship with your body by allowing your
body to breathe you.
❸ Strengthen
the inhaling action of respiration by
creating longer exhales.
❹ Throughout the day and when you work out, make
sound to naturally engage the talking parts of your
body’s respiratory system.
❺
Never avoid a sneeze, cough, or hiccup, as these
are your body’s natural ways of balancing the
intake of oxygen and release of carbon dioxide.
❻
Add stimulating respiratory movement into your
daily life by spending one minute a day getting up
and down from the floor in ways that allow you to
breathe fully and deeply.
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