Silly question, of course you know that you breathe! Well, not really. We have totally forgotten that breathing is as important as eating, exercise or sleeping for health. In Ayurveda and Yoga it is described as ‘life’. It’s even the same word in Sanskrit. Life starts with an inhale and it ends with an exhale. All in between is life.
The breathing is like ‘a communication tool’ to ourselves, that we can use so much more than we do today, when we get aware of it. It gives a clear biochemical and neurological signal to get into a certain state of mind and body. Think about it; if you want to calm down you can breathe deeply and hold the air in. If you want to gear up you just hyperventilate, and if you combine it with motion like jumping, you fly into the meeting room with a clear head, and you don’t need to reach for your fifth coffee.
When you want to be healthy, be aware of how you breathe. At Olive Retreat we teach a few easy breathing exercises (Pranayamas). If you are a client of ours you know how good it is to meditate just after doing Pranayamas. It clears the head, leaving it blank and you just zoom into the silence and stillness within you. I love it!

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I'm an Ayurveda Practitioner and certified Yoga teacher (Master level) and my mission is to make this beautiful healing theory easy for everyone to use in their daily life to stay healthy and heal. Considering that we invented and dumped some 120.000 petrochemical derived substances since 1945 getting healthy will most likely include a detox.
My love for Ayurveda started in 1993 with Deepak Chopra and after a few turns in life I quit my job as a Nordic Brand Manager at the largest Swedish telecom and re-schooled. I have studied with Dr. Lad and Dr. Siva (Pune, India), and I practiced a lot more which is what makes the difference. I added Orthomolecular Medicine (USA/Spain) and herbalism. After teaching since 2005, I dig down in the original Sanskrit scripts to understand it fully and I fall in love with the concepts over and over again for every sutra - love affair that created a few books (Amazon) many events and consultations, and I'm still in love 💚🌿💜
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It should have said “Do you know you breathe” It sounds like breeeeeth if you add an e on the end. Hope this helps. Great article by the way!! Ker
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Thank you Ker! Glad you liked it 🙂