The Breathing Coach
The Breathing Coach
A personal message from gay Hendricks
I feel blessed to have discovered, more than 30 years ago, the powerful effect breathing has on overall wellbeing. I’m grateful every day of my life for that discovery. As I experimented with the power of breathing, I came to believe that it was the most reliable and useful tool of transformation available to us. Since then I have used breathing for my own transformation on a daily basis, and I’ve taught the key techniques to more than 20,000 participants in our Hendricks Institute seminars and talks. It is our goal with this website to get the key tools of breathing to everyone in the world who can use them. Please experience their magic and pass them along to others who can benefit.
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The two essential breathing processes
The Yes Breath
Yes Breath Instructions:
- Sit down in a comfortable chair, towards the front, so that just your pelvis rests on the chair and your feet are flat on the floor.
- Rest your hands on your thighs or your waist.
- Begin by inhaling and letting your stomach expand with your breath.
- As your stomach expands slightly, let your pelvis roll forward and your spine extend while you bring your head up.
- As you exhale, let your head drop down and your pelvis drop back. You'll find that your body makes a natural "C" shape.
- Repeat the in-breath and the out-breath, allowing your breath to lead the movement.
The Centering Breath: "Reset Button"
Instructions for 2 mins of practice of the Centering Breath:
- Begin by breathing slowly and gently all the way out, then pause and wait to breathe in again until your body tells you it needs a breath. This will allow the oxygen/CO2 ratio in your body to balance itself. This is the Centering Breath.
- You might wait ten seconds or thirty seconds or longer before your body needs a breath. Don’t wait so long that it feels effortful. When your body needs a breath, gently let the air in and resume your regular breathing cycle
- After a few cycles of regular breathing, do a second Centering Breath.
- Breathe slowly and gently all the way out, then pause and wait to breathe in again until your body tells you it needs a breath. Don’t wait so long that it feels effortful. When your body needs a breath, gently let the air in and resume your regular breathing cycle.
- After a few cycles of regular breathing, do a third Centering Breath.
- Breathe slowly and gently all the way out, then pause and wait to breathe in again until your body tells you it needs a breath. Don’t wait so long that it feels effortful. When your body needs a breath, gently let the air in and resume your regular breathing cycle.
