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A Course In Conscious Breathing
With Maureen Pelton
Research shows that how we breathe can impact our physical and mental health. Seeing that, as humans, we are unconscious breathers, we tend to develop limiting breathing awareness throughout our lifetime. When we breathe properly, however, and with conscious intention, we can improve and even change our automatic breathing habits, which can lead longer and healthier lives. In this 7-day course, we will explore our connection to our breath and our unconscious breathing habits and discover several breathing techniques that are scientifically proven to support our health and well-being. You will learn what science has been discovering about how we breathe and its impact on our physical and mental heath. We will explore and play with several breathing techniques for anxiety, balancing the brain, regulating the nervous system, clearing subtle energy, and accessing the subconscious. Most of the techniques we will practice are simple, and can be done anywhere and anytime. Two of them are more involved, and may facilitate a significant shift in your body and your awareness. As we explore different practices, it is my hope that you will find the techniques that work for you, and that with a little practice, you’ll become a more conscious, aware breather.
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7 Days
5.8k students
4.6 stars
13 min / day
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English
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This course includes 60 community questions and 44 audio replies from Maureen Pelton. The community classroom and teacher audio replies are only available via the app.
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Amanda
November 1, 2025
Interesting
James
July 15, 2024
Too much explanation, not enough breathwork. Starts strong, finishes weak as it evolves into lecturing.
Neil
July 6, 2023
Thank you for sharing these breathing techniques. I can get caught in shallow throat breathing when under pressure, so having some options is opening up an internal dialogue to shift my attention to my breath during these times 😌
Wally
April 27, 2023
There was an awful lot of foreplay Dash starting to prepare to get ready to begin and telling us what age lesson would be like. Some exercises were described orally and would’ve benefited from video.
Sarah
November 4, 2022
Thank you was very helpful the one that I found works for me breathing in for seven top iv tongue on roof of mouth purse lips and breath out for 8 find very calming I also like the collarbone tapping with the breath also helps thank you ever so much highly recommend this course lots great tips in breathing to practice namaste 🙏🏻
Mike
October 16, 2022
Gill
June 20, 2022
Very interesting & informative. I feel I understand the benefits of a range of techniques that I enjoyed to move forward with, though the collar bone one was very fiddly & took a lot of focus so not sure about using that one yet. Thank you
Camilla
May 25, 2022
Thank you so much. Really informative and enjoyable. I will continue to practise!
Casey
May 21, 2022
Thank you so much for your connected breath course and yes your instruction was great on day 6
Maggie
April 10, 2022
Thank you, great options for breathing exercises. 🙏
James
March 31, 2022
Practical and renewing. Thank you.
Russell
November 29, 2021
Very helpful to me bc I have difficulty breathing. Brought focus to how I do it and things that I can do better.
Shanna
August 25, 2021
I found this invaluable. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with me.
Roxy
May 26, 2021
We can all use these tips, great course! 🙏🏻
Dariel
May 18, 2021
Informative, and even fun. I loved this course!
Yuzu
May 12, 2021
One of the best courses! I enjoyed learning about different breathing techniques and all these benefits they bring to our health and well-being.
Dubravka
March 17, 2021
Very informative!
Hannah
February 24, 2021
I suffer from Bipolar Disorder. Racing thoughts causing shallow chest breathing, forgetting to breathe and the resulting increased anxiety have affected my ability to function in daily life. I was over prescribed and became dependent on benzodiazepines to combat these symptoms. Thanks to your course I have now found that conscious breathing exercises offer instant longer relief from these symptoms without the adverse side effects and short-term relief of medication. Thank you so much for sharing this!! I will continue to repeat this course until I can practice on my own ❤️❤️❤️
Sandra
February 4, 2021
Loved it
C
January 29, 2021
Thanks for the course! I particularly liked the 4 7 8 breathing technique.
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