Body by Breath: The Science and Practice of Physical & Emotional Resilience: The Science and Practice of Physical and Emotional Resilience

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Learn novel exercises to help your clients, and you, achieve enhanced performance and amplified recovery Fueled to understand the science behind her students’ energetic transformations served as the inspiration for Body by Breath. Jill shares, “I needed to find out WHY people felt so much better on every level by using my approach, and in researching it all, I was able to distill the elements that lead to these well-being transformations.” Persistent breathlessness, every day (chronic). For example, if you have advanced heart failure you may feel breathless most of the time, even if your condition is being treated and managed as well as it can be. How can breathlessness affect your life?

The online Body by Breath Immersion includes support materials, three Video Lectures, three one and a half hour Workshops, and three two and a half hour live Zoom sessions. Body by Breath is a blueprint for helping work through the physical and emotional storms caused by trauma or injury. It’s like a giant warm hug of the facts for navigating your own body and mind while also being hand-held through step-by-step practices to help build physical and emotional intelligence. I can’t think of anyone who couldn’t benefit from this book." - Dr. Theresa Larson Be a body by breath pioneer and explore the science and practice of physical and emotional resilience.

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Explore resilience research including integrated perspectives on breath’s role in recovery through the autonomic nervous system and fascial network For many, deep states of conscious relaxation may seem out of reach, but NSDR is, Miller shares, “done really as the cherry on top for when you work your way through the other tools that have attenuated and adjusted your tolerance for relaxation, so that non-sleep deep rest actually is very fulfilling. And by the way, our non-sleep deep rest is not a traditional, upright, stillness type of meditation.” The onslaught of information and pace of the modern world, coupled with the residue of a global pandemic has taken a serious toll on our physical and emotional wellbeing, while often taxing our healthcare system to its limits.

All your basic metabolic demands can be reduced to whether your trillions of cells can transport gases across their membranes to use oxygen (02) as fuel and exchange it for the waste product of carbon dioxide (CO2). The movement of 02 and CO2 across cell walls requires the presence of extra CO2 as a transporter of sorts.” Resources to stimulate your OFF switch and take the inward journey towards conscious relaxation with less distraction from anxiety The vagus nerve is the major nerve of the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PSNS) that stimulates the relaxation response . Activating our PSNS stimulates our internal compound pharmacy, a cascade of internal responses that support healthy immune function, recovery, and overall well being – without any unwanted side-effects. The thing that’s really exciting is that we can directly influence the vagus with the pace of our breathing, with pressure in the different zones the vagus innervates, through position and through humming or singing,”states Miller.

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The Path of Breath Embodiment’ – This section delves into the anatomy and physiology of breath, with a particular focus on fascia’s role in healthy breathing. It provides a scientific understanding of the breathing body. These exercises help you feel better ; they lessen pain–but also “feel better” as in sense your internal processes by strengthening your inward “seventh sense” known as interoception, which Jill helps readers clearly process. Jill is the former anatomy columnist for Yoga Journal Magazine, is a contributing author on self-myofascial release in the medical textbook Fascia, Function and Medical Applications and has been featured in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Shape, Men’s Journal, Good Housekeeping, Women’s Health, and on the Today Show, Good Morning America, and the Oprah Winfrey Network. Body by Breath also supports practitioners in finding better sleep through the first three pillars as well as conscious relaxation, similar to meditation, with Non-sleep Deep Rest, also known as NSDR. Deep relaxation can be achieved with NSDR practice.

Throughout the book, ‘Breathe with Me’ boxes introduce exercises to familiarise readers with the concepts discussed. Links to videos and podcasts complement the text, promoting embodied learning and accommodating various learning styles. Body by Breath is a blueprint for working through the physical and emotional storms caused by trauma or injury. It’s like Jill gives you a giant warm hug of facts about navigating your body and mind, and then she holds your hand to guide you step by step through practices to build physical and emotional intelligence. I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t benefit from this book." As the co-founder of Tune Up Fitness Worldwide and the creator of Yoga Tune Up® and The Roll Model® Method, she has over 30 years of experience in anatomy and movement. Known as the Teacher’s Teacher, she has trained numerous movement educators, clinicians, and manual therapists in her groundbreaking self-care fitness programming, which is used in athletic and medical facility programs worldwide. Your breath’s motion is your body’s primal life rhythm. Your breath shapes your body as well as your mental “shape” and outlook. Body By Breath gives you newfound ways of harvesting the muscular, fascial, and neural power that drives respiration and put you in the driver’s seat of self-regulation.I’ve followed Jill Miller for a long time, and everything she releases is impeccable. The hours of research and practice that she puts into her efforts is surely astounding. Breath becomes compromised by stress, disease, and the environmental trappings of progress; you can still breathe under this pressure, but it leads to poor breathing habits that slowly whittle away at your health. In Body by Breath, bestselling author Jill Miller takes you on a journey through your breathing body and presents more than 100 step-by-step techniques and practices to help you master the body-breath connection and reset your physiology. your shortness of breath gets worse when you've been doing your normal activities, or when you lie down

Til and Whitney talk with self-care expert Jill Miller about her new book "Body by Breath: The Science and Practice of Physical and Emotional Resilience" and other topics including: The only vegetables book you'll ever need reveals hundreds of ways to cook nearly every vegetable under the sun. Jill Miller, C-IAYT, ERYT, is a renowned figure in the world of fitness, yoga, and pain management. It is a wry comment on our current condition that we need to be taught how to walk, run, stand, and even breathe. Nevertheless, the research shows the cost of not teaching humans these simple but lost arts is disease and disengagement. Jill Miller has distilled her years of practical work in the field into a reference manual for the modern therapist, parent, or human that respects our intelligence and covers the field with assurance and, best of all, effervescent humor and disarming honesty.” Or if your heart isn’t working as well as it should, this could cause a build-up of fluid in the lungs, making it difficult to breathe.Launch a parasympathetic cascade in your clients and build their endurance for the relaxation response Body by Breath also describes the vagus’ role in communication and social engagement, as a predictor and protector against cancer, glucose regulation, inflammation, and emotional stress including anxiety, fear, and PTSD – and against Long Covid. If you have struggled with traditional meditation practices because remaining still spikes your anxiety and leaves you feeling agitated and fidgety, Body by Breath presents innovative alternatives designed for your unique nervous system. This inclusive approach allows you to reap the benefits of relaxation, restoration, and regeneration. Body by Breath’ is a comprehensive guide to harnessing the power of breath for enhanced well-being and improved physical performance.