Positive affirmation or learning to breathe well: what to choose?

Caution : You must consult your doctor for your health. This page presents only a personal and alternative point of view which should not be considered as an attempt to prescribe medicine.

Stress, anxieties, panics, all of these emotions can be cured by using medication as prescribed by your doctor most of the time, but can also be treated and cured by natural methods involving your psyche and your breathing.

The power of the imagination: the Coué method

The fundamental principle of the Coué method is that there are unconscious mechanisms in everyone's psyche that play an important role in health, well-being and mental efficiency.

The conscious ego cannot directly control these mechanisms using willpower, but it can do so through the imagination.

A person who cultivates an optimistic imagination and speaks positive words to themselves improves their mood and becomes healthier, more balanced and more sociable.

The dark side of the Coué method

The automatic suggestion also has a "dangerous" part.

Just as a person can manage themselves to feel better, they can also manage to feel worse.

For example, if a patient thinks that every time they are worse, some part of their body is injured, or the symptoms of their disease do not improve, they may be predisposed for this to actually materialize. .

Another natural way to feel better is diaphragmatic breathing or the importance of breathing well.

The importance of breathing well

Breathing has two functions.

The first is that oxygen is transported in this way to the muscles and the brain.

The inhaled air passes from the vesicles to the blood, then the red blood cells carry oxygen through the blood vessels to the muscles.

Muscles use oxygen when they are tense.

You contract your muscles throughout the day, such as when you walk, talk, or take something.

We talked about that continuous muscle tension before last week, and of course you're also using your brain all day long.

The second function of respiration is the removal of carbon dioxide.

When you use your muscles, wastes are released, mainly carbon dioxide.

They are brought back by the blood into the alveoli and disappear during expiration.

If you do not breathe properly, the waste will not be completely eliminated.

They then stay in your body, resulting in fatigue and less zest for life.

What is the "right" breath?

Breathing has two phases:

1. Inhalation: the ribs disintegrate, the diaphragm falls, and air enters the lungs.

2. Exhalation: the chest becomes smaller, the diaphragm rises and air comes out of the lungs.

By "good" breathing is often meant abdominal breathing.

Of course, you are not breathing with your belly but with the lower part of your lungs (the diaphragm), which causes your belly to expand further.

With good, deep breathing, you can see and feel your sides moving (your side).

If you dilate your lungs evenly, you may even feel it in your lower back.

If you are excited or anxious, you often breathe fast and hard.

The chest muscles and collarbones are mainly used for this purpose.

You have to work hard for it and get little oxygen.

Waste is also not properly disposed of.

You can calm down easily by reversing this mechanism: how?

Loris, Breathing Coach teaches you to breathe more calmly by using your diaphragm over the long term and in a natural way.

You will be able to evacuate your stress and your anxiety thanks to the Coué method and thanks to a good method of breathing.

Each of the two methods has their benefits on your body and your mind but beware of the harmful effects of the Coué method as indicated above.

Coué method or diaphragmatic breathing? You choose !

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