The relationship between nasal breathing and the vagus nerve demonstrates how breathing influences our nervous system. The parasympathetic branch of the nervous system is largely controlled by the vagus nerve. Slow, deep, nasal breathing stimulates the vagus nerve promoting calm, lower heart rate and reduced blood pressure and over all well being.

Nasal breathing is important to the creation of nitric oxide in our bodies. Nitric oxide is important to a number of our body’s physiological processes.

Navigating from the nervous system discusses a perspective and a collection of tools designed to rewire my brain to change my physiological responses to stressful situations. I can respond to triggers rather that react and be stuck in a state of high alert.

Having enjoyed a few years of solid, restorative deep sleep, I find myself in a cycle of sleep disturbance, restless nights and dysfunctional days. This article explores going through my days and my sleep checklists to help improve my sleep.

Nasal breathing can significantly benefit oral health by promoting proper air filtration and humidification, preventing dry mouth, supporting pH balance in the oral biome, supporting jaw development, and reducing the risk of sleep-disordered breathing. Mouth breathing harms our oral health. Be a nasal breather.

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Nasal breathing is crucial to maintaining pH balance in our body. Mouth breathing leads to health problems: enzyme disruption, electrolyte depletion, cardiovascular problems, respiratory issues, diminished oxygen delivery, heart arrhythmia, sleep disturbances. Ensure nasal breathing with BreatheWell’s Mouth Tape to support health and well being.

Tacking the stress of the holidays and family gatherings by remembering to focus on the breathing.

In addition to removing carbon dioxide and creating oxygen, trees provide mental and physical health benefits, calming anxiety, improving depression and lowering blood pressure.

Maintaining nasal breathing and mouth taping through a recent bout of covid required diligent effort.

Nasal breathing can be used as an effective tool to improve athletic performance.

While breathing is an autonomic function of the central nervous system, we can be attuned to the quality of our breathing and use that awareness to improve our breathing and our health.

Consistent, quality sleep is essential to health and well being. There are many tools we can utilize to improve the quality of our sleep.

Breath work can be a powerful tool to enhance cognitive functions by activating the parasympathetic nervous system.

My understanding of how profoundly the quality of my breath affects my health continues to grow.

Breathing is so essential we have a primary system, our noses, and a back-up system, our mouths. Each of these systems has capabilities that the other does not, which gives us a clear indication which system is the most beneficial to the body for breathing: It’s the nose.