@thebreathingqueen_: I was told it was anxiety. And for a long time I believed it. Because the symptoms made sense on paper Breathlessness Chest tightness Constantly feeling like I needed a deep breath or a sigh just to reset But something never fully added up for me. It didn’t feel like just “anxiety” in the way people described it. It felt physical. Like my breathing had become something I had to manage all the time, instead of something that just happened naturally. What I’ve since learned, both personally and through working with clients, is that in a lot of cases this sits underneath what gets labelled as anxiety. A really common pattern is inefficient breathing mechanics, where the body starts relying more on the neck and upper chest instead of the diaphragm. That can create a loop of: • feeling like you can’t get a satisfying breath • over-focusing on breathing • sighing or yawning to try and “reset” • feeling air hunger even at rest One of the first steps that actually helps is not forcing deeper breathing, but becoming aware of what your breathing is already doing throughout the day. Because once you see the pattern, you can start to change it. This is exactly what I go through in my 8 week breathing masterclass. It’s designed to help you understand what’s actually driving your breathing, and then retrain it step by step so it feels more automatic and calm again. I’ve worked with a lot of people who were told it was just anxiety, POTS, asthma, or “nothing structurally wrong”, but still felt stuck with these symptoms. And once we addressed the breathing pattern itself, things started to shift. If you want the link to the waitlist, comment MASTERCLASS below and I’ll send it through. #airhunger #breathingpattern #dysfunctionalbreathing #breathingretraining #breathingexercises

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