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breathing is learned and habitual but also a direct consequence of one's mental state and condition. a relaxed person probably won't breath shallow. for one bec
by 2-718-281-828 3y ago
breathing is learned and habitual but also a direct consequence of one's mental state and condition. a relaxed person probably won't breath shallow. for one because that normally contradicts a physical state of relaxation and second because someone who breathes shallow will have a tough time relaxing. it goes both ways. it's also important to realize that healthy breathing is biologically the normal state. it's more that our tense and anxious society with it's unhealthy conditioning turns people into bad breathers.
now looking at those exceptional professions she lists what comes to my mind is not just that those people breathe professionally good but also that those jobs don't require you to open and read mails whose content is often highly unpleasant and daunting on a daily basis. so, one reason why office workers breathe less good while working and opening mails in particularly might also be because they are afraid of reading mails.
i can say for myself that this is true. i almost never looked forward to open a mail at work. at best it didn't evoke any emotion but usually mild stress and anxious anticipation.
- kashunstva 3y ago> now looking at those exceptional professions she lists what comes to my mind is not just that those people breathe professionally good but also that those jobs don't require you to open and read mails whose content is often highly unpleasant Professional musician here - one of her listed professions. Believe or not, unpleasant emails are part of my experience too. But honestly, I don’t understand why this introduction to therapeutic breathing is specific to email in any case. Breath-holding and shallow breathing are common with any high-stress situation. I notice it myself and in students leading up to and in the midst of technically-demanding passages. But I’m deeply sceptical that the solution is anything more than developing better awareness of one’s habitual responses and deliberately reprogramming them.
- 2-718-281-828 3y agoi assume you're not trapped in a cage-like environment staring at a screen for 8 hours constantly receiving messages while feeling observed and judged. it's a big difference just occasionally receiving a mail and some of them can be unpleasant.
- giraffe_lady 3y agoWhy would you assume that? "Professional musician" covers an incredibly wide range of experiences but large swathes of that easily fall into solo entrepreneur. Even among professionals very very few musicians are practicing or performing for the majority of their working time.