The Five Tools of Conscious Breathing

Become aware of your current breathing habits. Awareness is usually the first step toward change. The program begins with a self-assessment using the Health and Breathing Index, a set of 20 questions designed to help you observe and reflect on your current breathing patterns and overall health. Train with the Relaxator. The Relaxator Breath Trainer helps you cultivate a slower, lower (diaphragmatic), and more rhythmic breathing pattern—aligned with your body’s natural needs. It also strengthens your diaphragm, our most important breathing muscle, and improves muscle tone in the upper airways, enhancing both respiratory strength and efficiency. Tape your mouth at night. Many people sleep with their mouths open—leading to overbreathing and an imbalance between oxygen (too much) and carbon dioxide (too little). Using Sleep Tape is a remarkably simple and inexpensive way to gently keep your mouth closed at night, and promote nasal breathing, which supports deeper sleep, better energy retention, and improved healing and regeneration. Physical activity with closed mouth. Optimal breathing starts in the nose. If nasal breathing feels difficult, it may indicate poor breathing habits and low CO₂ tolerance. Here’s why: beneath the nasal turbinates lies erectile tissue, which swells when CO₂ levels are too low. This is the body’s natural defense mechanism to retain carbon dioxide. Engaging in physical activity with your mouth closed gradually improves your nasal breathing and restores healthy CO₂ pressure—reducing the swelling and opening the nasal passages over time. Learn more about the five best tips for restoring nasal breathing. Do inXhale exercises. All muscles connected to the ribcage are breathing muscles. InXhale are exercises that integrate the low, slow, rhythmic breath into the movement to open up your airways by stretching and relaxing these muscles, thus allowing for a full breath. Simple yet powerful, these exercises are easy to integrate into daily life.