When we become anxious or stressed \u2013 and who hasn\u2019t in these challenging times \u2013 the brain sends signals to other parts of the body to prepare to fight or flee. The body\u2019s response is to send stress hormones (adrenaline and cortisol) to prepare our body for flight.<\/p>\n
\nFocussed, sharp, clear thinking, creative.<\/h3>\n
What am I describing?<\/h3>\n
A successful entrepreneur?<\/h3>\n
Correct - also the benefits of a well oxygenated brain.<\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Our millennia-old brain cannot differentiate between anxiety \u2013 an emotional state in response to an anticipated threat, and fear - an emotional state in response to a perceived immediate threat. This means that worrying over when we will eventually be able to launch that new product or service and being aggressed by getting too close to someone in the supermarket queue elicits the same response from the body.<\/p>\n
One of the physical impacts of our body\u2019s stress response is that our breathing pattern is affected. We tend to take faster, shallower breaths as our body takes on extra oxygen ready to flee but this is not helpful when we are sitting at our desk stuck in an anxiety loop.<\/p>\n
Breathing is both voluntary and involuntary and that is why, by voluntarily slowing down our breathing rate, we can bring our body out of fight and flight into rest and digest mode.<\/p>\n
Now more than ever we need to find time during the day to carve out moments of calm and to oxygenate our body and brain fully. It\u2019s simple to do, can take as little as two minutes and delivers instant results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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