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BY NICOLE HEROUX WILLIAMS I PHOTOS BY NSP STUDIO BY DR PAM DENTON I PHOTO BY KL STORYOGRAPHY

Or Being Crushed? Bounce Back with BreatheFit!

You want to make things happen, but you lost the will to get out of bed. You feel your life slipping away and you don’t know what to do…. burnout as suffering from back pain, insomnia, headaches, PMS, anxiety and weight gain. And there is also chronic illness where the body turns an attack on itself and starts plummeting for no apparent reason. No matter what, you feel horrible. mind, and emotions - and especially from your nervous system. It’s like, well, an orgasm. Your core intelligence knows how to build and release. And once activated things shift, sometimes in only one session.

Do you yearn for the days where you would say, “I crushed it today!”

Has this feeling left? Or maybe you have never had it? And trust me I have been there too. So why aren’t you able to dissipate or resolve stress to a degree that your body bounces back and remembers

Working in a high-stress job, credentialed position, or leadership where you literally feel that the stress is crushing you could be the villain, because the stress mounts up until you just can’t handle it anymore. The BIG THREAT, BURNOUT. When your work-day no longer feels powerful and you are struggling to get up and keep going, this is a sign of the need for a radical shift. You may be on the precipice of burnout. And let me tell you, it is NOT easy to come back from this space. And you, Goddess, need to crush your day rather than be crushed by it.

Burn out. It is a real deal. And when you do not listen to the signs of forthcoming burnout, you will be crushed. Stress compounds, just like compounded interest, your body logs in the stress to your internal drive system (nervous system) and eventually your body begins to give out under the toxic load of mental, emotional and physical stressors. Most of my clients report the pending its intelligence? Usually it is because you are not stopping long enough to revitalize your internal operating system. And you may not possess the CORE intelligence – “CQ” – to process and release stress effectively.

CORE intelligence is the ability to use breathing, awareness and movement to consciously engage with your toxic stress load and release it from the body, When I entered into this work as a coach and healer, teaching people to dissipate stress in the heat of the moment I saw this pattern of crushing stress causing dis-ease in my clients. They suffered from fatigue, anxiety, pain, weight gain, autoimmune disease and depression. Most of all, they lacked the ability to consciously connect with their stress to release it. Women trying to do it all, single moms, moms of many kids, kids suffering, business owners, and business leaders - they were all carrying a toxic load because they lacked the inner neurological technology to mindfully connect, let go, and pull in new, healthy energy.

The American Psychological Association states that stress negatively affects “all systems of the body including the musculoskeletal, respiratory, cardiovascular, endocrine, gastrointestinal, nervous, and reproductive systems.” [https://www.apa.org/topics/stress/ body] It’s no wonder that stress is often cited as the number one killer in our modern world.

Look around. Listen to the news or read it online - and ask yourself if we as a world and a society are “crushing”

“CORE intelligence is the ability to use breathing, awareness and movement to consciously engage with your toxic stress load and release it from the body, mind, and emotions - and especially from your nervous system.”

our stress – or is it crushing us? The answer is obvious – stress is winning. In fact, stress is affecting people at younger and younger ages - our children are under extreme stress. As millennials mature, they may be facing challenging health issues, according to a “Health of America” report released by Blue Cross/ Blue Shield on April 24, 2019. [https:// www.bcbs.com/the-health-of-america/ reports/the-health-of-millennials] Their report showed dramatic increases in the prevalence of some health conditions, including depression, hyperactivity, Type II diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. The report stated that the health of millennials begins to take a “major decline” at age 27.

When I was working with people as a chiropractor, I’d have my hands on their spine and a voice in my head would scream, ‘Get up and BREATHE, MOVE! They needed to take action and move through the stress that showed up as stuck energy in their body. But they wouldn’t. Instead, the women I coached would return week after week for me to “fix” them. I decided to make a shift, and closed my chiropractic practice to open a mindful fitness spa where I could help people learn to heal themselves through movement, breathwork, coaching, and other forms of self-care.

I’ve given you the problem. Women have stress! Now let’s give you evolutionary tools to really change this. Because the world needs you to lead with energy and positive power.

Let me repeat, you are needed, wanted and important! For now, sit tall in your chair, plant your feet on the ground, close your eyes… and breathe.

Why? Because your breath is the most efficient pathway for you to access the CQ you’ve been missing this whole time. The basis of freedom from this stress crushing you is your breath. BreatheFit is the breathing practice that we use in Evolve Coaching. As BreatheFit coaches, we direct women to breathe while they are coached, using certain breath techniques and rhythms to achieve a neurological reprogramming to what you desire. I also help you connect with neuro-energetic breathing – breathing with awareness and intent to achieve a desired outcome, building a core transformer so that in the heat of the moment you can transmute dark sludgy energy to high powered energy. And one of the outcomes is, you guessed it – stress relief! Which means manifesting the life you desire.`

Conscious breathing will allow you to: ● Activate body awareness ● Access and release stored stress or tension ● Move through emotional, mental, or physical obstacles ● Manifest what you desire ● Heal your relationships ● Communicate clearly The list goes on….

The first step to conscious breathing is to pay attention to your breath. And the first step to paying attention is to close your eyes. To connect with your breathing, it’s essential to remove external stimuli and begin to listen inward. When you are staring at a computer or phone, eyes open, your energy is pointed outward. When your eyes are open, sensory-neural stimulus is constant. Closing your eyes turns your energy inward toward yourself and allows you to sense your body (yes, we said it – SENSE your BODY!)

EXERCISE: Checking in with Your Breath ● Close your eyes. Notice your breath just the way that it is, without changing anything. ● Are you breathing? ● Are you holding your breath? ● Can you feel the breath move through your body? ● What is the rhythm of your breath? ● Is your breath shallow and quick? ● Are you breathing through your mouth or through your nose? ● Is your chest rising and falling, or is the movement only in your belly? ● Do you care about your breathing?

Think about it – you wouldn’t be alive if you weren’t breathing. You can live for weeks without food, days without water, but only minutes without breathing. Breathing is your body’s natural way of building energy, releasing toxins, and letting go of stress. And you won’t believe how conscious breathing will amp up your overall fitness, health, and well-being!

Join us at the Your Red Carpet Event, Sept 24, 2022 at Urban Euphoria, LLC in Rochester, NY or online live streamed and experience one of our Evolve Women breathing techniques called the Red Carpet Inner Upgrade Journey. https://yourredcarpetevent. eventbrite.com

“And you, Goddess, need to crush your day rather than be crushed by it.”

Dr. Pam Denton is a fitness expert, international speaker, healer, coach, and founder of Positive Evolution Consulting, Evolve Coaching and GoddessCORE Fitness. Her intensively researched mind-body approach to empowerment has helped thousands of leaders plug into their innate power and activate the law of attraction for unstoppable success. She is the author of numerous books, including She Means Business, Leadership Evolution, Messages from Spirit and Journey to Female Power. She is well known for her work with women in business and is the founder of many programs for women, including Project Woman Mastermind and the Rise to the Top Training. She served three terms as President of the Syracuse, New York chapter of the global network FemCity. In 2016, she created three successful conferences: The Intuitive Expo for Mind Body Leadership, Inspire Leadership Conference, and Superpower Your Success Conference. www.positiveevolutionconsulting.com