The Power of Breathing for Stress, Sleep, and Big Moments | Marina Kay of Women Who Breathe
From Five Seats · 53:47
Show by Kelsy Vick
Most of us take too many breaths per minute, and according to breathwork facilitator Marina Kay, that alone can keep your body stuck in a state of stress. Marina is a coach, certified health coach, and the founder of Women Who Breathe, where she helps ambitious women bring down chronic stress through breathwork. On this episode of Five Seats, Dr. Kelsy Vick sits down with Marina to talk about how your breath affects your nervous system, your heart, and your sleep.Marina shares the moment in 2016 when years of high stress corporate work caught up with her during a client presentation, and how that led her to yoga, mindfulness, and eventually breathwork. She explains why respiratory rate matters, what her wearable data showed her about stress and sleep, and the difference between functional and somatic breathwork.Then she walks through the exact practices she teaches her clients:Low and slow breathing, a daily practice to lower your baseline stressRectangle breathing to calm down before a big presentationA quick, energizing breath for when you need to bring your energy up before a big momentWe also get into mouth taping: who it can help, and who should talk to a specialist first. Marina closes by filling the five seats at her own dinner party, with a table full of women's health leaders, athletes, and anyone who's ready to stop running on stress.Five Seats is a dinner party style interview series from By Maven Media, where ambitious women share how they earned their seat in the room and who they'd want at their own table. New episodes every Tuesday.This episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice.Connect with Marina Kay:Women Who Breathe: https://www.womenwhobreathe.com/ The Exhale Podcast: https://www.womenwhobreathe.com/theexhalepodcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobreathe/ Resources:Youtube “Low & Slow” Breathing Video Mentioned in the Episode: https://youtu.be/rUtU4PjTeiM?si=e9ZdOVq4pf9kWYJ7 Welcome to the dinner party!subscribe to Laneless Ranger on Substack!insta:: @dr.kelsyvickdpt & @lanelessranger & @five5eatsyoutube:: @dr.kelsyvickdpttiktok:: @dr.kelsyvickdpt & @lanelessranger
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