2d (edited) • Guided Breath Practices
Guided Practice 8: The Fountain Breath
Hello and welcome back team, we have an interesting technique for you to practice this week :)
The Fountain Breath is a dynamic, mouth-based breathing technique designed to dramatically shift your energy state. Shaped exactly like a water fountain, it starts as a highly restricted, high-pressure stream before expanding and exploding into a full-volume surge.
NOTE: If you are working through anxiety or have any heart contraindications please go easy with this technique when you begin. And REMEMBER - Rhythm and Relaxation are always central to your exploration of the breath.
We have '3 Primary Phases' to understand:
Phase 1: The Restricted Launch (The Pursed-Lip Sip)
- The Action: You begin your inhale by puckering your lips tightly. Pull the air in sharply through this tiny opening, almost like sipping a thick liquid through a narrow straw.
- The Physiology: This creates immediate, intense resistance. To overcome this bottleneck, your diaphragm is forced to contract with maximum power. This rapid downward drop creates a massive vacuum effect—plunging your intrathoracic pressure while spiking a deep, negative pressure below your diaphragm.
Phase 2: The Cresting Surge (Wide-Mouth Gasp)
- The Action: At roughly the 70% mark of your inhale, you instantly drop your jaw and pop your mouth wide open, shifting the "sip" into a full, unrestricted gasp.
- The Physiology: Because you built up a massive vacuum during Phase 1, opening your mouth wide causes a sudden equalisation of pressure. Air floods your lungs instantly, inflating the upper lobes of your chest and providing a powerful surge of oxygenated volume.
Phase 3: The Cascade (A Passive Release)
- The Action: Without holding at the top, you immediately let the air fall out of your mouth in a relaxed, passive sigh.
- The Physiology: The respiratory muscles completely relax, letting atmospheric pressure push the air out naturally.
Enjoy your practice everyone, and keep a lookout for a few new modules dropping in the classroom this week :)
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Guided Practice 8: The Fountain Breath
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