EPISODE 15
CHANGE YOUR BREATH, CHANGE YOUR LIFE
BREATHWORK EXPERT, JAMIE CLEMENTS
There is so much untapped power in the simple action we each do over 22,000 times a day - breathing.
As Breathwork Expert Jamie Clements will attest, the benefits are bountiful for our physiological and mental wellbeing; His own journey into the breath begins from overcoming childhood trauma and mental struggles…
You’ll be breathing differently by the end of this episode, whether it’s embracing the simple act of nasal breathing, or committing fully to the therapeutic power of breathwork.
This episode covers
Coping with young trauma
Mental wellbeing in young adults
Jamie’s discovery of breathwork
What differentiates functional breathing from holistic, therapeutic breathwork
How to train your lung capacity
Why you should be nasal breathing more
LINKS & REFERENCES
Jamie Clements:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamieclements1/
https://www.instagram.com/jamieclements_/
The Breath Space
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
“From a foundational perspective, the breath is part of the ‘Autonomic Nervous System’, so everything that happens in your body without you having to think about it. Metabolism, heart rate, digestion and breathing are a few of the elements of that system. The breath is the only part of that system that you can consciously control.”
38:20 - Jamie Clements
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“The thing that stands out for me from my upbringing is that there was always an emphasis on being polite and treating people well. That's impacted me in a few different ways.” - 2:25 - Jamie Clements
“In the last two years, I’ve reconciled a lot of how I relate to what happened with my parents, and especially my relationship with my dad. I think I - subconsciously more than consciously - had almost kept him at arm's length.” - 8:40 - Jamie Clements
“I was 24. Just before I started going to therapy for the first time, I was working full time in sales. I sat on the toilet floor in a cubicle at work, having a panic attack, and then dusted myself off, getting back to my desk, back to work. I was having near-daily panic attacks.” - 20:30 - Jamie Clements
“The emphasis has always been on, ‘If you need help, please reach out’. I can speak from experience; when you're in that place, the last thing you're going to do is reach out. It is so, so difficult to get yourself to a point, when you are in that darkness, to reach out.” - 25:55 - Jamie Clements
“Breathwork has come to mean, with the rise in popularity, so many different things. At one end of the spectrum we've got nasal breathing vs mouth breathing when you're exercising, then you've got therapeutic styles of breath work.” - 33:50 - Jamie Clements
“I still experience anxiety. I'm not going to claim that I don't, everyone does to an extent. When it comes up, I have something that I can instantly go to.” - 52:40 - Jamie Clements
“The nose is preparing the air to be received by your lungs in the best possible state. That's the basics of why they say ‘Noses are for breathing, mouths are for eating’.” - 1:10:30 - Jamie Clements
“If you plant a seed at that age, that kid is going to be so dialled into their emotions and their nervous system state, that the likelihood of them experiencing severe anxiety and challenges around that would be diminished by so much.” - 1:17:00 - Jamie Clements