Improved respiration and conscious breathing

Recover your breath with massage.

Conscious breathing powerfully improves the effects of massage therapy. For centuries, people have soothed the mind, and become aware of their bodies by regulating their breath.

During your massage, aim to balance inhalation and exhalation, thus drawing the mind’s focus inwards, and facilitating the perfusion of ventilated blood in your tissues. During conscious breathing you can observe physical and psychological barriers, releasing stress and diffusing toxins.

Massage therapy directly effects the circulatory and respiratory systems.

Respiration consists of ventilation and circulation, and enables the exchange of gases between cells and the environment. Ventilation moves gases into and out of the lungs, and is facilitated through conscious deep breathing. Circulation, which is aided by massage therapy, transports these gases to the tissues.

Massage therapy also frees the muscles that are involved in respiration: muscles between the ribs, muscles in the neck, muscles along the rib cage, the diaphragm. What follows is unrestricted thoracic expansion, allowing you to draw a complete breath.

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