"Start valuing your time more, learn the Pareto Law 80/20" - Johanna Bassols Instantly Improve Your Mood & Tone Your Nervous System with This Breathing Exercise Your nervous system is deeply impacted by the way you breathe. Most of us breathe with a shallow, “stressed” breath during our waking hours every day. We get just enough oxygen so that we can talk, walk, and function, but to feel joyful and high-energy consistently, we need to change how we breathe. This can be accomplished with an ancient breathing technique borrowed from yogic science called alternate nostril breathing or anuloma valoma. [i] [ii] First off, breathing with your diaphragm, and completely filling and emptying your lungs, alters the CO2 and O2 exchange within your bloodstream. The same way that your brain and body gets more oxygen when you exercise because you are breathing more intensely to meet your muscular and endurance needs, you can breathe more deeply while sitting still to alter your nervous system and increase the happy neurohormones in your gut and brain. The act of contracting your diaphragm increase the release of dopamine, for example – the “reward” hormone, and serotonin – the “happy” hormone. In fact, shallow breathing can decrease both of these important neurotransmitters, making it very difficult to feel happy and positive or motivated to do much of anything. Read the full article in my blog! KEEP BREATHING

Use this breathing technique to change the energy of a space Breathing technique to heal a space Now that the holidays are about to start and you will be around a lot of people -if not at your home, at least on the streets and other public places-, you need to make sure your spaces are not contaminated by unwanted energies. Some people love hosting reunions at their home, but they don't realize people leave more than dirty dishes behind. We need to make sure we clean our spaces after people leave our home, and also before! Out of courtesy, you want your guest to feel welcome and comfortable, and this breathing technique is great for that. Have a happy holiday! Keep your center, don't get lost on doing what everyone else does. Much love! Johanna