Everyday Fitness with Shannon

Breathing more through your chest? Or more through your belly? Or hardly any movement at all?

Breathing more through chest or not moving much—you’re not allowing your diaphragm to move, so you’re missing the physical stimulation and massage of your vagus nerve. Which would seriously help your nervous system get out of fight or flight and into rest and digest mode.

Breathing more through your belly—you’re getting some movement which is good, but are you allowing your diaphragm to fully expand, meaning your lower ribs moving side and back so you’re expanding 360 degrees not just forward.

The diaphragm is a super cool muscle that helps draw in air to our entire lungs, but only if we unlock it and allow it to do its thing! And we do that through movement and breathwork.

If you’re tired of drowning in stress, do these assessments and then learn how to breathe better. ✨Because breathing better supports every single system in the body—leading to lower stress, less anxiety, and more THRIVING instead of just surviving.✨

I see the change in myself, and I see it in my clients who are putting in the work to change their breathing patterns. Reach out—let’s get you on the path of thriving, not just trying to survive your loads of stress! 🫶🏼✨😮‍💨

Breathing more through your mouth is directly tied to your mental and physical health. Breathing more through one nostril is also directly tied to your mental and physical health (yes there is science and real life-experience proof!)

So take a minute and check your own breathing. And check it during different times of the day.
How are you breathing when scrolling?
When driving?
Or exercising?
Or ruminating about the past or worrying about the future?

More through the mouth? Then there’s no filtration happening. So your body is busy trying to detox while you’re continuing to let every pathogen and toxin in. And a body that’s so busy trying to survive is STRESSED.

More through one nostril? Then there’s an imbalance happening and that causes stress too. Probably not enough oxygen too and you’re compensating with some mouth breathing.

So if you’re tired of drowning in the stress, let’s work together to get you BREATHING BETTER. It’s easier than you think, but it does take consistent work. I promise it’s worth it and the sooner you train your body to breathe more optimally, the sooner you’ll feel like YOU again!

Breath. It’s autonomic. But we can breathe really well and help every system in our bodies, or we can breathe really poorly and hurt every system in our bodies. And most of us learned to breathe really poorly.

Don’t underestimate the power of conscious breathing. It’s so simple and powerful. No amount of supplements, medication, or organic food can substitute for how you’re breathing.

Want to learn more? Follow along. Or better yet, let’s start working together to optimize your health journey! Because as easy as “breathing better” sounds, it’s a whole lot harder to rewire your brain and life to do the simple things that are so far out of your normal routine. That’s why I’m here—to help you rewire and create the life and health of your power era!! Let’s go 😮‍💨💪🏻🍎🔥

We all fall into the “all or nothing” trap so easily. But it’s the small things that make the biggest impact. Even if you’re not doing it on the daily, small acts of foundational self care add up.

I help women learn how to choose themselves. To do the small, repeatable things that make the most impact for them to leave survival mode and enter their power era.

The foundational things can seem TOO SIMPLE. Things like moving daily, getting sunshine in our eyes, drinking enough water, breathing optimally, can seem TOO simple. “Why would I need a coach for that?!”

But if it’s so simple, why aren’t you doing it? Get the support, education, and accountability you need. Make the changes and see your life and satisfaction LEVEL UP. I know mine did when I accepted that I needed support. And I know my clients feel and see the change when they put in the work with me.

So if you’re tired of being tired, overwhelmed by all the health info out there, and ready to make real and lasting change—I’m here 🫶🏼🙌🏼✨

If you’re a stressed out human who wants to take better care of themselves but is struggling to do so—this writing reflection might help.

This is one I give my 1:1 clients to help them understand their WHY. And understanding our WHY is the gateway to actually making real, impactful change.

This isn’t a practice to only do once. Because we all grab the not-so-good-for-us foods way more than once, even after deciding we want better for ourselves!

So try it—write down your thoughts of why you DON’T want to make better food choices, and why you DO want to, and see what comes up for you. I’d love it if you’d share with me! Then we can dive deeper and get to more fine-tuned practices to help you choose YOU 🫶🏼💪🏻💞

What changes for you when you think about your health not being a destination, but a state of BEING?

For me, it makes it easier to give myself grace when life is throwing curve balls.
To do little things that make an impact in how I feel and function.

And that reframe is also helping my clients.
Mamas who were strung out in survival mode for too long. So long that they forgot who they really are and what it feels like to hear their own thoughts and actually feel good.

But after working on putting their needs as a priority and easing the pressure of expectation and all-or-nothing mentality?
Their souls are feeling lighter.
Their inflammation is reducing.
Their food choices are more aligned with their needs. They’re more present with their kids.
They’re feeling the state of real health and happiness in a way they’ve never felt before.

Tell me—what’s the hardest part of feeling and being “healthy” for you? Ready to reframe and create your own state of real health?

It isn’t about having the perfect routine or making the perfect choices for your health. It’s about finding the right balance—and the scales are always tipping!

The caretaking women who feel their best are the ones who are finding the balance of making themselves a priority AND taking care of their loved ones. It is possible.

But if you’re struggling to find that balance—that’s ok! That’s why I do what I do—I’m here to help you find YOUR balance and YOUR POWER. Providing accountability, education, support, and connection in ways that work for you rather than deplete you.

When you’re ready to stop surviving and start thriving—I’m just a DM away 🫶🏼💞💪🏻🍎😮‍💨🔥✨

Stuffy nose? Mouth breathing? Try this out and tell me if it helps open your airways!!

Anyone else dying from nasty smoky air?! My kiddo said it best “We don’t live in the Rocky Mountains anymore. We live in the smoky mountains.”

Headaches, fatigue, dry throats, the works.

So by opening up our nasal passages and airways, we’re helping our bodies naturally filter through the nastiness in the air. Thus helping to not have the nasty side effects like headaches all day!

Yeah, breathwork really is freakin awesome 😮‍💨💪🏻🤩

If your stress is high and your body and mind are showing the negative effects: I dare you to try it—intentionally pausing and doing something for YOU. Maybe that’s a walk, maybe it’s sitting in the grass or reading a book, or maybe it’s simply asking your kids to give you a couple minutes alone (breathe, feel into those moments of quiet).

Pause and do something for you a couple times a day, and take ownership of those moments as proof that you are important and a priority to yourself. That energy starts to shift internally and externally. You’ll see it in your physical and mental health. You’ll see opportunities to set boundaries you’ve had a hard time setting, you’ll see your mood lift, you’ll watch the little things create a domino effect in your overall health and happiness.

But it takes COMMITMENT and AWARENESS and INTENTION on the DAILY. So don’t beat yourself up if you struggle to take those moments for you. You’re combating years of putting yourself last, and that takes time and support to change the pattern (we’re talking neuropathways in the brain!).

Need support? Hiiii!!!! DM and let’s chat about your needs and how I can help you reclaim your health, get out or survival mode, and begin to THRIVE 🫶🏼