Adam K Hansen
After many years of training and teaching my craft it was time to put pen to paper and pass on the things that I know work and truly make a difference in one's life. Lower back pain plagued me for many years, and after practising this routine for 20 years I wrote a Builders Back Building a Strong and Healthy Back For Life
Extracts of My Career
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Why should we deep breathe?
Breathing is one of the most natural things we do and above all take for granted. Believing that because it is an automatic body function that we are doing it correctly, well this is definitely a far cry from the truth. The automatic breath function is there to keep us alive; this function is not designed to make us thrive and function at optimal levels. To function at an optimal level, you need to understand the dynamics behind the breath we take and the function of the vascular respiratory systems.
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The vascular system, made up of vessels that carry blood and lymph through the body. Arteries and veins are responsible for carrying blood around the body and delivering oxygen and nutrients to the body tissues, and exchange takes place here and any tissue waste matter is taken away.
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Blood moves through the system because of the heart being a pump. Blood leaving the heart through arteries is generally oxygen rich. The arteries continue to break down into smaller capillaries and is delivered to the cells. The toxins and waste matter move from the cells into the capillaries and are then transported through the veins and back to the heart. The respiratory system; As blood flows into the lungs through capillaries carbon dioxide is released and oxygen is taken in. The carbon dioxide is expelled from the body through the lungs and the oxygen is delivered to the body tissues by the blood.
In normal breathing we are not using the full capacity of the lungs and therefore the blood is not as saturated with oxygen as it could be. From this we see the aging process quicken as the blood delivered to the outer tissue regions has less oxygen and is therefore less proficient to heal and nurture these areas, hence we have poor circulation.
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As we learn how to deep diaphragmatic breathe we start to use the full capacity of our lungs which allows for a better exchange of gases in our system and now the heart can fully saturate the blood with more oxygen, delivering oxygen rich blood to every cell of our being.
When this breathing becomes natural then you are creating longevity in your life and slowing the aging process down.
You see science has proven that disease cannot exist in an oxygen rich environment. And you can increase the amount of oxygen that circulates throughout your system.
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If this resonates with you and you want to increase your quality of life and longevity, then jump onboard and take one of our breath-work and/or breath flow classes. If you desire to make a difference in the world then join up to become a fully certified Breath flow practitioner
Structural Alignment
As we age it is very important that we know and understand what structural alignment is and how it relates to your life. To retain good balance mobility and flexibility you need to start observing your own body, how it functions and how everything is aligned from your head to your toes. One of the best ways I do this is generally after a shower I will stand in front of the mirror with feet shoulder width apart and look at the position of my hanging arms, the level of my shoulders, is one higher than the other. Is my naval pubic area and nose lined up, one central line running through the body showing my posture is straight.
I observe my hips and notice if one is either higher or forward of the other this shows me if there is any pelvic tilt in my structural alignment. Once I am familiar with my structure, I can start to work on bringing it back to its natural posture. As you start to move your body into the correct alignment you will notice areas that may have resistance and feel uncomfortable. These little triggers are the areas that need to be focused on to allow future freedom of movement. In my book “Builders Back Building a Strong & Healthy Back for Life” I go into detail and show you how to stretch and create a daily maintenance routine that starts a daily reset activation, allowing your body to start the day in its best structured alignment.
A Precious Truth
Where are you right here right now, are you stressed out, on edge, anxious, running on deadlines that you can't keep up with, unable to get or ask for help because no one else is good enough or equiped to get the task done. There is no joy or happiness in your life that is something for other people. people who have time to be happy and joyful. Survival mode is real and the majority of the western world is living in this mode and it is very dangerous to your overall health and wellbeing. You see this mode has been around and part of our programming since the dawn of man.
Like all animals when we are faced with danger we are confronted with 2 options to fight or to flee, which ever we choose there is a huge amount of adrenalin dumped into the body so as we can boost to another level, our senses are heightened our major muscles groups and primary movers are saturated with extra blood and oxygen and we are able to perform at an exceptional level. That is we can run faster than ever so as we can excape this situation and don't stop until we are safe. Or if we choose to fight we can perform moves that are only normal for the likes of Chuck Norris.
"There are no problems only solutions"
Adam Kristofer Hansen
