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Guest blog for Yoga Well by Carrie Heeter, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University. January 18, 2024 When you do a personal daily yoga practice you are alone. Your focus is internal. The outside world feels distant. But the outside world flows into and back out of you with every breath. Your breath is your life…
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Guest blog for Yoga Well by Carrie Heeter, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University. December 12, 2023. Conscious and unconscious breathing are controlled by separate brain pathways. Breathing that happens without any conscious effort is called metabolic breathing. Metabolic breathing does all of the heavy lifting of keeping you alive. When you consciously try to control…
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Guest blog for Yoga Well by Carrie Heeter, PhD, Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University, November 22, 2023 Most aspects of respiration are hidden from your conscious mind. Paying attention to the parts of your breath you can observe gives you information about how you are doing. Your breathing reveals how your human system is reacting to…