Earlier this year, I was introduced to breathwork and immediately wanted to . But aside from attending a few classes here and there and following along with a few guided sessions on different apps and , I wasn’t really sure where to start. Enter Nike Well Collective Yoga Trainer .
I signed up for four sessions with Zoe over a month to learn about different styles and modalities of breathwork and see if I could turn my occasional practice into an everyday habit. On average, creating a habit can take up to 66 days. However, it can vary widely depending on the behaviour, the person, and the circumstances.
Now, 66 days felt like a lot to begin with, so I opted for 30 to get the ball rolling — and to see if I could actually stick to it. I drew my inspiration from Zoe, who regularly posts her 30-day challenges on Instagram. She writes the numbers one to 30 on a Post-it note and crosses them off as she goes.
So, as we started our sessions, I promised myself that I would practice some form of breathwork every day for 30 days to see if I could make it a regular practice. Here’s how it went. 30 days of breathwork When I started, I knew k besides .
So, I started the first few days with some simple, coherent breathing I had learnt from Zoe. “Coherence breathing is a very simple practice in which we reduce the breaths per minute to about five,” explains Zoe. The count is in for 5.
5 and out for 5.5, and you go at this pace to help slow the autonomic nervous system via the vagus n.