Nasal breathing brings our body away from a stressed state (fight or flight). Returning to the body to it’s natural rhythmic pattern of breathing through accessing the diaphragm. By doing this we activate the parasympathetic nervous system which is where the ‘rest and restore’ state is activated.

Just a few of the many amazing benefits of nasal breathing:

• Breathing through the nose encourages good facial development and straight teeth. A closed mouth, with the tongue where is should be, in the roof of the mouth for most of the time, can help the jaw grow enough to accommodate all the teeth.
• Nasal breathing helps reduces snoring and sleep apnoea and ensure a good night’s sleep.
• Breathing through the nose helps regulate the volume of air breathed, so that it can effectively match the body’s oxygen needs.
• Regulates digestion and lowers blood pressure.
• Mouth breathers have lower CO2 in their systems, therefore lower oxygen in their cells. Low CO2 tightens the airways and the blood vessels, reducing blood flow to the tissues, and also reduces transfer of oxygen from the blood into the tissues.
• The gas nitric oxide (or NO) is made in the nasal sinuses and during nasal breathing moves down into the lungs where it optimises oxygen transfer into the blood stream.