{"id":1600996,"date":"2020-08-30T21:16:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T01:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/?p=1600996"},"modified":"2022-03-02T13:26:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-02T18:26:02","slug":"meditation-breathing-reset-rejuvenate-the-body-and-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/meditation-breathing-reset-rejuvenate-the-body-and-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Meditation &#038; Breathing: Reset &#038; Rejuvenate the Body and Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pk-dropcap pk-dropcap-borders\">Health and Wellness isn\u2019t just about exercise and nutrition, although they are important.&nbsp; Practicing meditation and taking the time to breath is also beneficial.&nbsp; Mediation, is a practice where you focus on a point, like your breathing, and when your attention wanders, you return back to that point.&nbsp; It helps you deal with awareness and stress.&nbsp; There are many different types of meditation.&nbsp; Additionally, choosing a place for meditating is also crucial. You don&#8217;t want to meditate in the city with different noises and air pollution. Consider <a href=\"https:\/\/bookretreats.com\/s\/meditation-retreats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">going on a meditation retreat<\/a> where you can relax and meditate peacefully and practice your breathing exercises with nature&#8217;s fresh air.<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of mediation are emotional as well as physical.&nbsp; From an emotional standpoint, as mention, it helps with stress management and can help reduce negative emotions.&nbsp; While much more research needs to be done, and you should speak with your health care provider about meditation if you have a chronic physical condition, according to the Mayo Clinic*, it may help people manage symptoms of conditions such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anxiety<\/li>\n<li>Asthma<\/li>\n<li>Cancer<\/li>\n<li>Chronic pain<\/li>\n<li>Depression<\/li>\n<li>Heart disease<\/li>\n<li>High blood pressure<\/li>\n<li>Irritable bowel syndrome<\/li>\n<li>Sleep problems<\/li>\n<li>Tension headaches<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Deep breathing is part of meditation, but it can also be practiced on it\u2019s own.&nbsp; It is also a way to reduce stress and help you with relaxation.<\/p>\n<p>Val Desjardins of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pumpfitnessmtl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PUMP Fitness MTL<\/a> practices meditation and deep breathing as an important way to reset and rejuvenate the body and mind.&nbsp; Val strongly believes in a holistic approach to wellness and this includes movement, mindset, recovery and <a href=\"https:\/\/divine.ca\/en\/getting-fit-and-eating-well-in-the-new-normal\/\">nutrition<\/a>.&nbsp; Meditation and deep breathing are important components of this holistic approach.&nbsp; She talked to us about a couple of simple ways to incorporate meditation and deep breathing into your daily life, even if you are a beginner.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"the-calm-app-and-guided-meditation\">The Calm App and Guided Meditation<\/h3>\n<p>I am a big fan of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calm.com\/?url=http:\/\/www.calm.com&amp;pid=google&amp;af_channel=g&amp;af_c_id=10203541439&amp;af_adset_id=104997083914&amp;af_ad_id=441952399115&amp;af_sub_siteid=&amp;af_keyword=calm%20app&amp;af_sub3=e&amp;af_sub4=CjwKCAjwnK36BRBVEiwAsMT8WGoyZuBWVKh77jRC8BUXVjA-EHVMKGNNubzMWaSF56eDpUHb1fU_PRoCUDAQAvD_BwE&amp;af_sub5=&amp;utm_medium=paid&amp;utm_source=google&amp;utm_campaign=10203541439+104997083914+441952399115&amp;utm_content=homepage&amp;utm_term=calm%20app&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwnK36BRBVEiwAsMT8WGoyZuBWVKh77jRC8BUXVjA-EHVMKGNNubzMWaSF56eDpUHb1fU_PRoCUDAQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calm app<\/a> \u2013 it\u2019s a really simple solution.&nbsp; I have over 50 clients and many use this app.&nbsp; The Calm App has something called \u201cThe Daily Calm\u201d which is a ten-minute guided meditation.&nbsp; When I say meditation, people have this misunderstanding that you have to have be this practiced meditator and that you need to be sitting in the middle of the woods in silence. &nbsp;I personally don\u2019t enjoy a silent meditation.&nbsp; I like there to be sound, music and someone guiding me.<\/p>\n<p>Guided meditation is a really good place to start because the person leading the meditation will likely be chatting with you about the fact that it is really hard to stop thinking while meditating.&nbsp; I use this app with my clients after training sessions sometimes.&nbsp; &nbsp;It\u2019s just a matter of sitting there with your earphones and you can literally do it anywhere.&nbsp; You don\u2019t need special mats; you just need your device and a set of earphones.&nbsp; I think it\u2019s too hard for people who are unfamiliar with meditation to know where to start.&nbsp; We need coaches and guidance.&nbsp; We need people to support us in our practices.&nbsp; That\u2019s why I exist and why these apps exist.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"breathing\">Breathing<\/h3>\n<p>From there, in terms of daily regulation of stress my recommendation is always going to be to bring attention to breath.&nbsp; I use the four X four method (also known as box breathing).&nbsp; You are inhaling through the nose for four, you hold the breath for four and then you exhale through the mouth for four and you do that four times.&nbsp; Deep breathing is known to reduce the hormones associated with stress like cortisol.<\/p>\n<p>We will continue to speak with Val about how to build an intention mindset in a future article.<\/p>\n<p><strong>*The Mayo Clinic <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/tests-procedures\/meditation\/in-depth\/meditation\/art-20045858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cMeditation: A simple, fast way to reduce stress\u201d<\/a> <\/em><\/strong>April 22, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">Health and Wellness isn\u2019t just about exercise and nutrition, although they are important.&nbsp; 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