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Health and Better Breathing: It’s Not Just Yoga Woo-woo
Breathing is the most constant thing we do. Roughly 20,000 times a day. Without thinking. Without effort. And yet… how we breathe might be quietly shaping our sleep, stress levels, energy, focus, and long-term health more than we realise. This isn’t just yoga philosophy. It’s physiology.
How the body keeps the score
Trauma is not just a mental experience—it leaves deep imprints on the body. Whether from a sudden event or chronic stress, unresolved trauma becomes trapped in muscles, fascia, the nervous system, and even in the way we breathe. The body really does keep the score.