Try this for a week and see what happens in terms of your energy, focus, calm, productivity, stress control and self awareness. + See the breathing for calm and focus section of the course + In 1 week aim for 7 sessions of the 21 minute breathing flow (once daily for 7 days) + If on a particular day you are struggling for time then just do 10 minutes or break it up throughout the day into 5 minute sessions. In order to do this just create your own breathing flow - use the apnea trainer app and watch the video from the course titled " create your own breathing flows". + After each session write down how you feel and the changes you noticed. + Comment below and share your experience. Its doesn't have to be 30 minutes a day - research suggests just 5 minutes of meditation a day could significantly reduce stress and improve emotional coping and self awareness. Get stuck in - make time for it and programme it into your calendar - its that easy

G'day if you have joined our community welcome - if you haven't already check out your personal messages as you would have received a message from me inviting you to join our 50% off offer to our Performance Breathing Course. This is a limited intro offer which will expire soon. Here are some key things about the course > Lifetime access to the course which you can work through at your own time. There are no restrictions - this is your course - you own it. > Access to fortnightly coaching rooms where you can ask me questions, engage in conversation and learn more about breathing training. It doesn't matter where you are in the course, the coaching rooms are open to everybody. > Access to the Performance Breathing discussion page. I will be posting content, exercises, case studies and tips on breathing knowledge, skills and exercises. You can ask questions and join in on conversion. > Access to over 30 videos split into 3 core modules. BREATHING MECHANICS – More efficient activation & function of the diaphragm; the primary muscle of breathing. BREATHING FOR CALM AND FOCUS – Gain further competence to take ultimate control of your breathing, exploring expert knowledge & fundamentals which work together to mentally & physically train a calm, focused response to stress & pressure situations. Learn powerful, easy to implement breathing practices that can be used daily to balance your nervous system and promote deep recovery states. DYNAMIC BREATHING – Superior control of your breathing rate & depth during any given level of exercise or training intensity. This will have a direct effect on endurance, recovery, focus, energy control and power. Cheers Dave Wood

By nature our jobs/lives require us to be switched on - in a high arousal or high energy state. Think about your own busy day - deadlines, multi-tasking, sitting, looking at screens, dealing with people, work life balance and the list goes on. Amongst the busyness of your day are you actively shifting back into a calm state OR do you tend to stay in that high arousal state? If you do you will get a lot done but it tends to come at a cost over the long term. Let me explain. Our bodies are the masters of compensation - we are adaptive machines. Staying in the busyness of our days and not allowing for intermittent disciplined recovery, during your day, results in bodily adaptations as a result of continued exposure to stress. Don't think of high level stress either, just think about the challenges and demands that are placed on you throughout your day and the necessity to get things done. This is the most common type of stress - it's not necessrily bad, it just demands a lot of our energy. However, it needs to be balanced with recovery (stress +recovery = growth). Every system in the body requires stress for optimal health. They all need stress to create adaptation for robustness. However, without adequate recovery you start building cumulative trauma of some form (emotional, physical, mental). This accumulative trauma builds up in our bodies and we simply adapt to it. Here are some of the signs and symptoms that we experience secondary to chronic stress. - Inability to concentrate or focus - Difficulty sleeping - Anxious or racing mind - Low energy throughout day - Brain fog - Emotional exhaustion - Moodiness - Irritability - Short temper - Inability to relax - Feeling overwhelmed - Body tension  We all develop different strategies to manage stress. These can range from adaptive strategies (like exercise, meditation, social support, being in nature….) to maladaptive strategies (like smoking, alcohol use, avoidance behaviors, excessive phone and social media use….. ). Maladaptive strategies are coping strategies to deal with stress, the problem is they tend to be things that activate our bodies stress response thus adding more load.

By nature our jobs/lives require us to be switched on - in a high arousal or high energy state. Think about your own busy day - deadlines, multi-tasking, sitting, looking at screens, dealing with people, work life balance and the list goes on. Amongst the busyness of your day are you actively shifting back into a calm state OR do you tend to stay in that high arousal state? If you do you will get a lot done but it tends to come at a cost over the long term. Let me explain. Our bodies are the masters of compensation - we are adaptive machines. Staying in the busyness of our days and not allowing for intermittent disciplined recovery, during your day, results in bodily adaptations as a result of continued exposure to stress. Don't think of high level stress either, just think about the challenges and demands that are placed on you throughout your day and the necessity to get things done. This is the most common type of stress - it's not necessrily bad, it just demands a lot of our energy. However, it needs to be balanced with recovery (stress +recovery = growth). Every system in the body requires stress for optimal health. They all need stress to create adaptation for robustness. However, without adequate recovery you start building cumulative trauma of some form (emotional, physical, mental). This accumulative trauma builds up in our bodies and we simply adapt to it. Here are some of the signs and symptoms that we experience secondary to chronic stress. - Inability to concentrate or focus - Difficulty sleeping - Anxious or racing mind - Low energy throughout day - Brain fog - Emotional exhaustion - Moodiness - Irritability - Short temper - Inability to relax - Feeling overwhelmed - Body tension  We all develop different strategies to manage stress. These can range from adaptive strategies (like exercise, meditation, social support, being in nature….) to maladaptive strategies (like smoking, alcohol use, avoidance behaviors, excessive phone and social media use….. ). Maladaptive strategies are coping strategies to deal with stress, the problem is they tend to be things that activate our bodies stress response thus adding more load.

Hey all. Could you provide a link to an android app for apnea training which you could recommend? I just practiced the 21 Minute breathing flow, fantastic. It was real easy to ease into it for me today as prior I had already done a 25 minute total sitting meditation. Curious to see where consistent practice will take it. -- 2nd question, will, upon completion be there some sort of certification available - even just one of completion or something simple. This could be helpful to put on my website later down the road or on some sort of resume Ill have. Thanks in advance, Chaim