Breathe Light by Lisa

Welcome to this guided “Breathe Light” breathwork practice with Lisa, inspired by the Oxygen Advantage method developed by Patrick McKeown.

In this calming session, you’ll learn how to gently reduce your breathing volume to create a soft, tolerable air hunger - an important principle within the Oxygen Advantage approach. This practice helps support carbon dioxide tolerance, improve oxygen delivery throughout the body, and encourage calmer, more efficient breathing patterns.

Through slow nasal breathing, mindful awareness, and deep relaxation, this recording explores:

• Light, quiet breathing
• Functional breathing awareness
• Carbon dioxide tolerance
• Nitric oxide production through nasal breathing
• Nervous system regulation
• Improved focus and concentration
• Relaxation and calm

This gentle guided exercise is suitable for beginners and experienced breathwork practitioners alike and can be used to support stress reduction, emotional balance, mindfulness, sleep preparation, and overall wellbeing.

Please practise within your comfort zone, allowing only a mild and tolerable air hunger throughout the session.  Do not do any breath holds if you are pregnant.  Consult your GP or Breath Work Practitioner (including Lisa) about your specific health issues and suitability. 

Take a moment to pause, soften your breath, and reconnect with calm.

Love & Light

Lisa

Multi-Award Winning Hypnotherapist, Healer, Breath Work Practitioner

& Spirit Release Practitioner

Contact: lisapryce-jones@outlook.com / 07427 451992

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Transcript

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Hello, welcome, Lisa here. In this exercise, we're going to breathe lightly. So, what do I mean by breathing lightly? We're going to reduce the amount of air that you take into your body in order that you can then create a tolerable hunger for air. You know that feeling that you want to take a slightly bigger breath or the feeling that you're not quite getting enough air. And the reason why we're doing this is when we achieve that slight or tolerable air hunger, it shows us that there's carbon dioxide building up in the blood. And one of the functions of carbon dioxide is to act as a catalyst for the release of oxygen from your red blood cells. And breathing slowly and lightly also enables nitric oxide to accumulate in your nasal cavity, which can then travel down to your lungs. When it reaches your lungs, it diffuses into your blood and performs its miracle work throughout your lungs. With gentle, light and soft breathing, your blood vessels open, more oxygen is released from your red blood cells to feed your tissues and organs. For this exercise, we're just going to focus on the air hunger, so don't be concerned about using your diaphragm because it really doesn't matter at this point. But if you're used to using your diaphragm, then you can do so. We're going to do this exercise for around four minutes. And if you find the air hunger feels too much, just take a rest for a short period, perhaps 10 or 20 seconds, and then return to it. So firstly, either sit on a chair or lie down. If you're sitting, just imagine a piece of string gently pulling you upwards towards the ceiling. Imagine and feel the space between your ribs widening. And with your mouth closed and jaw relaxed, breathe normally in and out through your nose. Now placing your hands on your chest and tummy, or if you prefer, resting on your lap. Just noticing your breath now as it enters and leaves your nose. Focusing on the airflow as it moves in and out of your nose. Feeling the slightly colder air entering your nose and feel the slightly warmer air leaving your nose. Really concentrating on the air now as it both enters and leaves your nose. And you can use this as a measure of your concentration. For how long can you hold your attention on your breath before your mind wanders? And if you notice your mind wandering a lot, this exercise will probably help you to improve your concentration. Bringing your attention to your breathing. And remember it's normal for your mind to wander during this exercise, but as soon as you notice your mind wandering, bring your attention back to your breathing. You may feel your chest move up and down, or you might feel your tummy move in and out. At this point, don't try to adjust anything. Simply become aware of your breathing. Taking a slow breath in through your nose now and allowing a slow, gentle, relaxed breath out, slowing down the speed of the air as it both enters and leaves your nose. Breathing in a slow and gentle manner. Your breathing should be so light, so quiet, and so still. Slowing down your breathing so that you hardly feel air entering and leaving your nostrils. Your breathing should be so quiet that the fine hairs within your nostrils do not move. Breathing so lightly that there is hardly any turbulence inside your nose. At the top of the inhale, bring a feeling of total relaxation to your body and allow a soft, slow, relaxed breath out. The air should leave your body slowly and effortlessly. It's very important not to consciously interfere with your breathing muscles or to restrict your breathing during this exercise. Don't tense your stomach to reduce your breathing. Your breathing volume should now be less than it was before you started the exercise. And now we're going to create some air hunger. And the goal is to feel a want or a hunger for air, to have a feeling that you would like to take in a bigger breath. So once again, take a very slow breath in, almost as if you are not breathing. And as you breathe out, bring a feeling of relaxation to your body, allowing the air to leave your body effortlessly. A slow breath in and a relaxed breath out. By taking slower breaths in and allowing more relaxed, slower breaths out. The carbon dioxide is accumulating in your blood, and this is creating that feeling that you want to take in more air. This is really valuable feedback that you're performing the exercise correctly and you're reducing your breathing volume towards normal. Remember it's normal for your mind to wander. As soon as you notice your mind wandering, bring your attention back to your breathing. Once again, taking a slower breath into your lungs. As you breathe out, bring a feeling of total relaxation to your body, allowing the air to leave your body effortlessly. The air hunger that you feel during this exercise should be tolerable. If you notice that your breathing rhythm is getting fast or chaotic, then the need for air is too much. In this case, just stop the exercise and breathe normally for ten or twenty seconds, then resume. Breathing in calmness. Breathing out any tension. Don't deliberately interfere with your breathing muscles. Don't hold your breath. Don't freeze your breathing. Just allow your breathing to soften with a very slow breath in and a gentle, relaxed, slower breath out. Once again, slowly breathing into your lungs. And as you slowly breathe out, bring a feeling of total relaxation to your body, allowing the air to leave your body effortlessly. Relaxing more and more with each breath. Just breathing in and breathing out as slowly as you can. You don't want to feel the hairs in your nose moving. With each and every breath, just sensing yourself, noticing that air hunger, continuing to breathe slowly, calmly, patiently. Now bringing your attention to how your mind and body feel. Perhaps calmer, perhaps aware of that air hunger, and know that that's a really positive thing. The more you practice, the better your breathing will be in due course. So as you focus now on how your body feels, feel your feet on the floor if you're sat, or the cushions or the bed supporting you, and when you're ready, open ing your eyes. Bye for now.