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This is the second installment in a three-part article series accompanying the video How To Get Through Air Hunger, with Simon Spire (available on the LNB homepage). The first article examined the causes of air hunger. This second article includes a text version of the middle section of the video (9:19 – 15:53), which provides introductory practices and guidelines for coping with air hunger (also sometimes referred to as chronic breathing tension, hyperventilation, breathlessness, shortness of breath, pseudo-dyspnea, or chronic sighing).
Coping Strategies vs. Restoring Your Natural Breathing
The breathing practices and guidelines below can be very helpful for those struggling with non-medical air hunger and chronic breathing tension. Please note, however, that they are intended as introductory pointers. These practices and pointers can help you manage the struggles that come with air hunger and chronic breathing tension; as such, they can be used as coping strategies for managing the everyday symptoms of air hunger, shortness of breath, hyperventilation, yawning, and sighing. Ideally, they may also help you begin the process of shifting from those dysfunctional patterns toward more functional, natural breathing. However, these simple practices are not intended on their own to facilitate the process of shifting from air hunger to natural breathing. To truly be in the larger process of restoring your natural breathing, we recommend joining our online course and community, Liberating the Natural Breath.