Breathing ideas are often long-winded, but they don't have to be. Here, are 21 one-sentence breathing ideas to kick off 2021.
1. Breathing is the compound interest of health and wellness.
2. Correct breathing is a keystone habit that forms the foundation of good health.
3. Breathing is not a panacea—you cannot breathe your way out of a Big Mac.
4. We don’t need more complicated breathing techniques; we need to apply simple breathing methods to harder challenges. (Credit to David Bidler)
5. Whether it’s slow breathing, sleep, or exercise, simply using your nose is the 1% that allows the other 99 to occur.
6. Slow, nasal breathing is like driving a Tesla; fast, mouth breathing is like driving a Hummer.
7. Making your breathing inaudible might be the easiest, most practical thing you can do anytime, anywhere, to improve your breathing.
8. It seems counterintuitive, but the point of a breathing practice is to no longer need a breathing practice.
9. The skill of breath is universal, applicable in every domain, available every second of every day.
10. Rather than breathing slowly all the time, we evolved something even more powerful: the ability to control our breathing.
11. Weak is he who permits his thoughts to control his breath; strong is he who forces his breath to control his thoughts. (A play on Og Mandino’s quote)
12. You can eat better, workout harder, and take more supplements, but until you optimize your breathing, you’ll never see the true potential of your energy and performance.
13. Taping your mouth at night is the passive income of health.
14. If you spend even 1 minute focused on your breath, celebrate it.
15. Breathing is the most primitive form of taking action, giving you something you can always do that actually does something.
16. Optimal breathing is health and mastery actualized in our body’s most important function.
17. We’re all different, so if you notice a specific breathing method standing out, it’s probably confirming something you already know to be right for you.
18. Mouth breathing is like drinking sugar: it’s easy, and it feels good, but it is detrimental to your health.
19. Breathe the change you want to see (in your body).
20. Where you spend your breath, and thus your energy, shows what your physiological priorities are.
21. The best time to start a breathing practice was 12 months ago; the second-best time is now.
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P.S. This was inspired by Josh Spector’s excellent post on communication. I highly recommend his For The Interested newsletter.