Coffee Breathing
Coffee Breathing
When: Usually in AM
Up-Regulating (when you breathe at the rate of 20 breaths per minute or more, it stimulates your sympathetic nervous system)
Ideal before exercise, before busy or task related work and also in the morning
30+ breaths/minute
Reduces CO2 (which leads to constriction of your breathing passageways and veins, so it should be practiced briefly, with care, and only at appropriate times. Never practice while driving)
Raises blood PH slightly (more alkaline)
Constricts blood vessels and breathing passageways
Examples of Coffee Breathing Techniques
Breath of Fire (which we already learned)
Bellows Breath: Just like breath of fire except the inhale is sharp as well as the exhale. 3 rounds of 20x. Start on exhale and you do the sharp staccato exhale as we do in Breath of Fire, but now we also do a sharp inhale as well. Belly sharply snaps in on exhale and sharply out on inhale. See video below.