Exam 15: The Art of Breathing

As suggested in the book, how should you breathe before you get out of bed?

Anxiety breathing is best described as:

Most people believe there is only one way to breathe.

There is a one-size-fits-all relaxation technique.

Some adept yogis can reduce their breathing to one breath per minute and remain extremely relaxed.

In diaphragmatic breathing, you should place the emphasis on your chest.

Typically, during stressful moments, how does one's breathing become?

The typical person, on average, breathes normally how many times (cycles) per minute?

Abdominal breathing is known to help relieve the symptoms of chronic pain.

Anxiety breathing is when someone is nervous and breathes quite rapidly (many breaths per minute).

In diaphragmatic breathing, where should you place the emphasis?

Please define the following terms or concepts in no more than two sentences and give an example to support each definition. A. Diaphragmatic breathing (belly breathing) B. Thoracic breathing

By and large, Americans tend to be thoracic breathers, yet when asleep, the body naturally returns to diaphragmatic breathing.

Which of the following is said to be true about diaphragmatic breathing?

Diaphragmatic breathing is effective only when done lying down.

As a rule, Americans are known to be what kind of breathers?

In the ancient Chinese proverb, there are more than how many different ways to breathe?

Explain the importance of diaphragmatic breathing and give two examples of relaxed breathing styles.

The average person breathes about 20 times per minute.