Help for Air Hunger, with Simon Spire (breathlessness, hyperventilation, breathing tension, dyspnea)

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Helpful insights and breathing practices from a practitioner who freed himself from air hunger. All public resources, plus the in-depth online course and community, can be found at www.liberatingbreath.com
Testimonials: www.simonspire.com/breathing-...
FAQs: www.simonspire.com/breathing-...
0:00 Introduction
2:20 Understanding Air Hunger
9:19 Simple Breathing Practices
15:53 Liberating the Natural Breath
You may also find this article on What Causes Air Hunger helpful: www.simonspire.com/blog/2023/...
Liberating the Natural Breath is an online breathing journey and community created specifically to help people experiencing Air Hunger (or Chronic Breathing Tension, Hyperventilation, Chronic Yawning and Sighing) find their way toward easeful, natural breathing. Created by a psychotherapist who found his way through Air Hunger earlier in his life and a breathing-specialized Alexander Technique teacher, Liberating the Natural Breath is an innovative, thorough, and holistic approach that is founded upon long-established bodies of work. We are committed to providing a path forward for people with non-medical Air Hunger, helping them to rediscover that their body and their system do know how to breathe and can reestablish their inherent, easeful breathing if given the right support.
This video explores non-medical air hunger and natural breathing using principles of the Alexander Technique. These principles may be helpful for understanding non-medical symptoms such as chronic breathing tension and non-medical air hunger, dyspnea, sighing, yawning, feelings of struggling for air and breathlessness, shortness of breath, gasping for air, reaching for air, muscle tension, hyperventilation, belly-breathing, chest-breathing, feeling like you can't breathe or can't get a full breath, can't get a full breath in your lungs, or feeling like you're having a panic attack. This video is not intended to address medical issues in any way. Rather, it is an educational video about the Alexander Technique; our capacities for awareness, choice, and habit; and how we can learn to recognize the ways we unintentionally interfere with the natural movement of our breath. This video and the course are both offered by Emergent Inquiry, LLC.
This video and the associated self-paced course are not intended to address medical conditions or mental health conditions. These materials and any associated services are for informational purposes only and are not a substitute for professional medical or mental health advice, examination, diagnosis, or treatment. Emergent Inquiry, LLC recommends that you consult your physician regarding the applicability of any information to your individual situation and seek guidance from a qualified practitioner if you decide to pursue the application of these principles to your own physical or mental habits.
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@simonspire 10 месяцев назад

All public resources, plus in-depth course and community, at: www.liberatingbreath.com Testimonials: www.simonspire.com/breathing-testimonials FAQs: www.simonspire.com/breathing-faqs Thank you for watching.

@bee3027 День назад

This was an excellent video. I been dealing with air hunger for years on and off. I have times when I forget about it, and when it hits me it can last for days which is so frustrating. I am beginning to see I am not alone which years ago I thought I was.

@marypeavoy873 8 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for explaining the breathing, i have always struggled with anxiety, and you answered a lot of questions for me

@johnjackman8113 10 месяцев назад

May have saved me. Over 20 years of this, just watched 3 of your videos. Allready tonight there's some letting go and ease. Looked at other breathing techniques and other causes but your communication resonates so profoundly. I may sleep well tonight, thanks.

@simonspire 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for these words, John. So happy to hear you're finding these resources helpful, and wishing you growing ease and relief.

@brendanmoore5456 10 месяцев назад

Thank you for another excellent video you have helped me so much

@simonspire 10 месяцев назад

Thanks, Brendan! Glad to hear it!

@garbaaj1071 9 месяцев назад

i cant thank you enough for all of this. finding your channel has been an emotional time. i finally feel heard and understood, and my anxiety over the issue has already completely disappeared. I will be trying your course to try to restore my natural breathing!

@simonspire 9 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for your kind comment. I'm so happy to hear these resources are helping you on your journey, and I look forward to hopefully connecting more in the course.

@notavailabefornow 9 месяцев назад

hey man just so you can know you r not alone , i have this air hunger for about 4 years and i've never heard someone got it so i was stressed but now i see there is a lot of people that suffers like me so it reduces the anxity we r all in this togheter

@MariiChi 10 месяцев назад

I have to agree on comments about thanking you for doing this because I wanna thank you as well. If I'm 100% honest, in addition to your youtube videos I purchased your air hunger course months ago but I haven't opened it yet and I don't know if I will. It is very weird but having bought out your course gave me instant me solace/peace that I have some things I could try more if it gets worse. As for today, I'm now convinced my breathing problems are caused by digestion issues/gerd so I'm personally more focused now on eating habits and exercise. But months ago when I went through hell and had no answers, your videos helped me alot to reduce my panic and fear about air hunger. The fact that someone has made an actual course about this topic gives a loooot of comfort and reduces the feeling of absolute loneliness. So thank you for what you do, this work is really important. I would personally encourage people to notice their symptoms, because there are some really specific symptoms that can be related to acid reflux/gerd which can be linked to shortness of breath. However this is the most unlogical thing to look to if you are starting to experience these symptoms!

@simonspire 10 месяцев назад

Marii, thanks so much for your supportive words regarding the need that we’re seeking to address. We’re glad to hear you found our videos helpful when you were struggling, even though you’ve also identified a medical trigger for your air hunger. It’s always a good thing when identifying medical issues can result in improved breathing. We also encourage people to keep in mind that the course and materials are designed to help people who are experiencing chronic breathing tension whether or not they may have GERD. Thank you again for your comment, and we're wishing you continued improvement and ease.

@thegoldenthread-greatstori6795 9 месяцев назад

Thank yoh so much man. Been dealing with this for about 6 years. Its like a constant burden and so hard to understand. Appreciate your help

@simonspire 9 месяцев назад

🙏🙂

@bappabain2142 3 месяца назад

hugs and loving touches do really help a lot !!

@alka300 Месяц назад

Pls try pranayama ( yogic breathing technique ) … and remember we were born breathing we know how to breathe, subconsciously.

@pabost10 10 месяцев назад

How do I access the full program? Thanks

@simonspire 10 месяцев назад

The direct link to the program is: emergentinquiry.podia.com/breathing And all info (including the direct link) can be found on our website: www.liberatingbreath.com Would love to see you there if you decide to join.

@Hudson.. 10 месяцев назад

I’m so glad that you keep doing and caring about air hunger! I’m experiencing it for more than a year now for every single day. I had my X ray and CT of my lungs and everything is ok! But how do I know this course is for me? Any chance that my air hunger is from silent reflux or something like that? Thank you so much!

@simonspire 10 месяцев назад

Thank you! I'm glad to hear that all the tests came back okay. The best way to decide if the course is for you is by watching this video (done!) and reading the information at www.liberatingbreath.com and the FAQs page at www.simonspire.com/breathing-faqs. The FAQs also provide our general response to medical questions, such as your silent reflux question. I hope you find those pages helpful, and hope to see you in the course if you resonate with the descriptions.

@greekfinesser9397 7 месяцев назад

Hey where you able to fix your problem ?

@Hudson.. 7 месяцев назад

@@greekfinesser9397 Hey! it's just get better over time man! It's still going on but I have been used to it! just have a healthier life!

@greekfinesser9397 7 месяцев назад

@@Hudson.. yea I have had a tuff time at the same time I got oral thrush and was unsure they where related doctor told me they are not an my sob is anxiety

@Hudson.. 7 месяцев назад

@@greekfinesser9397 Tbh, whenever they can't find the causes they will say it's due to your mental or anxiety. It could be from your mental health, GERD or respiratory system. I think I might have silent reflux. I just try to not take it too serious and don't think about it! overtime it's gonna be better! excercise and eat healthy, have some supplements! we gotta fight it, do not let it take control of your thoughts and feeling!

@greekfinesser9397 7 месяцев назад

I was just at work one day randomly I got I tightness in my neck and short of air I have had it since march doctor could not find anything wrong only the same time I got oral thrush they said unrelated

@greekfinesser9397 7 месяцев назад

Did all scans nothing wrong I have shortness of breath when I’m at work I feel I need to put my head in walk in fridge to get cold air I don’t know if this is anxiety so weird

@cinmac3 10 месяцев назад

if interested in lessons read his drop down.

@issarice 5 месяцев назад

What are your thoughts on Buteyko breathing and capnometry biofeedback?

@simonspire 5 месяцев назад

To answer this more fully, I'd need to write an article outlining some of the various approaches people use as they attempt to address air hunger and how these approaches relate to one another or not. I might do that at some point. For now, I'll say that while we consider CO2 imbalance to potentially play a role in the self-reinforcing dynamics of air hunger, we see the root cause-in most cases-as being disruption of the natural breathing coordination through interference (e.g., tension, restriction, malcoordination, misalignment, confusion). We created and recommend our approach (through our course Liberating the Natural Breath) because it's comprehensive: It addresses not just the self-reinforcing dynamics of air hunger, but also the underlying causes that keep it in place-and it does this without exacerbating these dysfunctional dynamics with further interference and disruption. We created it to guide people through addressing the multiple levels involved in air hunger without compounding the situation through further interference, and this is why we recommend it. We also support people in pursuing whatever works for them, so if someone wants to try another approach instead of LNB and it works well enough for them, then we're happy for them. We're committed to offering LNB as a comprehensive approach and to supporting people through that process. All public resources, plus the in-depth online course and community, can be found at www.liberatingbreath.com and www.simonspire.com/breathing-faqs

@issarice 5 месяцев назад

@@simonspire Thank you for the response, I'd love to read a comparison article on the various approaches! Both the Buteyko and capnometry biofeedback communities discuss breathing habits and emphasize the importance of not controlling one's breath. For example, Peter Litchfield (one of the main people in the capnometry biofeedback world) says this over and over in his writings and lectures. One of the core beginner exercises in Buteyko breathing is relaxed breathing where the diaphragm is simply relaxed rather than pushing the air out (see e.g. Artour Rakhimov's writings or Novozhilov's Buteyko Breathing Manual). So the differences between LNB and Buteyko/capnometry biofeedback are not so clear to me, so I'd be quite interested in hearing more about the differences in the approaches as you see it.

@simonspire 5 месяцев назад

@@issarice Thanks for elaborating more on your question. I'm glad that's the overall understanding you're encountering in what you're reading. I don't want to speak for Buteyko, since I think Buteyko experts are the ones who are qualified to speak about it. In our experience, we've had a lot of people come through LNB who had previously tried Buteyko courses, teachers, and practices. Typically, their experience included regular breathing exercises that often (but not always) were quite intensive and usually involved breath holds and the like. Sometimes these exercises made their air hunger worse (because they can easily add to the existing interference); sometimes they didn't have much impact; other times, people experienced temporary but not lasting improvement (which may be due to addressing the most noticeable levels of interference but not the real source of the interference, so the problematic symptoms can soon return). I also know there are some people with air hunger who have been satisfied with their Buteyko experience and improvement. Reading the FAQs page I posted above may give you more of a sense of what's different about LNB. LNB is based on the Alexander Technique. The Alexander Technique is designed to support restoration of the coordination and alignment of the whole muscular-skeletal system. It's capable of getting to the deepest levels of interference/tension/misalignment that are often at the source of problematic breathing. We do this in LNB by entering a process of making the unconscious interference conscious in our somatic experience, which allows the opportunity for these deep sources of restriction and interference to begin to unwind. LNB seeks to address all levels of chronic breathing disruption, but this process I'm mentioning now of restoring natural coordination by unwinding unconscious interference is the basis of the deeper change process in LNB. Most other approaches to breathing aren't designed to do that. Instead, they attempt to retrain breathing with exercises that are unlikely to get to the fundamental levels of interference. Of course normal/natural breathing should be the end goal of any breathing method-so it's great that we all agree on that-but there are differences in how various approaches try to get there. LNB is based on principles and practices of the Alexander Technique, and we created it as a process that is capable of getting to the underlying/unconscious layers of interference and tension that are usually at the root of breathing tension. Until those layers are addressed to some degree, most people remain stuck in significant ways.

@RussellJoe 8 месяцев назад

Is it normal to feel like you are sort of starving yourself for air when trying to ignore the urge to take in a deep breath? I do feel like after ignoring for a bit, I’m able to breath more normal. I just don’t know if that what I’m suppose to be doing. Thanks!

@simonspire 8 месяцев назад

Before answering directly, it's important to clarify that we are *not recommending* ignoring it as a strategy, and we're *not recommending* the simple introductory breathing practices as a strategy. The only thing we *are recommending* as a reliable, safe, supported strategy is the full program at www.liberatingbreath.com because that provides the foundation of understanding, tools, and support needed to restore healthy breathing. But in the video, we acknowledge that ignoring it can work for some people and simple breathing practices can work for some people, because if you're lucky, maybe they will, and some people want to try it that way first. So in terms of the question "what I'm supposed to be doing," that's a more involved topic, because it has to do with all the elements covered in the full program. Having said all that, your experience of feeling like you are sort of starving yourself and noticing some improvement after a while is typical when using those introductory strategies alone (especially the "ignoring it" strategy). Again, we're not recommending people feel like they starve themselves, and the progress made might not be very stable if that's all one is doing-but, yes, there are some people who experience enough relief by following those strategies alone that they choose not to go further with the process. Many other people do not have that experience and do choose to go further. Hope that helps for now.

@cinmac3 10 месяцев назад

i never understood why they say not to use your chest and that it is not natural. Thank you for finally at explaining stratergys at . Do you teach consructive rest?

@simonspire 10 месяцев назад

Glad you found these explanations and Witness, Release, and Allow helpful. Yes, it can be very confusing when people say not to use your chest to breathe. To affirm what you suspected, the chest does move and participate in healthy, natural breathing. The issue is when we start to rely on forceful, tense, effortful chest-breathing that is disconnected from the rest of our breathing coordination. That's part of the air hunger/chronic breathing tension dynamic people get stuck in.

@simonspire 8 месяцев назад

Just noticed I think you edited your original question and included an additional question in it. Constructive Rest is part of the full LNB program, but we adapt it specifically for air hunger and natural breathing, so there's a lot of additional guidance and considerations we bring to the practice in the course.

@SaraHady-ho9kv 5 месяцев назад

Hello, im experiencing all of these symptoms, and i was wondering if it is normal to work out while having these symptoms or will they get worse? Or is it better to fully rest until my breath gets back to normal Please help

@simonspire 5 месяцев назад

Hi Sara, we're not able to respond in much detail here, and in order to do your question justice, we would need to go into some detail and also know more about your individual situation. In the full course, Liberating the Natural Breath, we cover this topic of easing off of strenuous or triggering exercises so that you can more easily engage in the process of restoring your breathing (and then gradually build back in more strenuous exercise once your breathing has become more easeful and resilient). All our public resources, plus the in-depth online course and community, can be found at www.liberatingbreath.com and www.simonspire.com/breathing-resources and www.simonspire.com/breathing-faqs

@robinelliott5561 5 месяцев назад

Have you ever worked with people tapering off prescribed benzodiazapines??

@jacklannom5155 Месяц назад

That's what I'm doing what a nightmare

@aris.konstantinidis 8 месяцев назад

Did anyone ever get out of this situation?

@simonspire 8 месяцев назад

Yes, people do get out of this situation (including the person speaking in this video). Some have written testimonials at www.simonspire.com/breathing-testimonials We'll be adding some more testimonials in the next couple of weeks. You can read more about what's involved in the process of getting through air hunger here www.simonspire.com/breathing-faqs and here www.simonspire.com/breathing-resources Home page with overview and links is here: www.simonspire.com/breathing

@ciberbri59 6 месяцев назад

I experience air hunger and gasp and yawn to try for completeness of breath. Could it be affecting my use of cpap and waking me up at night? Thanks for this instructions and even the vocabulary around these sensations.

@simonspire 6 месяцев назад

Thanks, Brian. When it comes to medical issues, we're unfortunately not able to respond. But we're glad you're finding this information helpful, and we hope it provides more reference points and language for speaking with your doctor about what you're experiencing and how overall breathing interference/struggle could be related to breathing difficulties during sleep. All our resources can be found here: All our public resources, plus the in-depth online course and community, can be found at www.liberatingbreath.com and www.simonspire.com/breathing-resources and www.simonspire.com/breathing-faqs

@garymoore3446 10 месяцев назад

God, almighty, get to the point!

@simonspire 9 месяцев назад

This video seeks to balance being accurate and informative with being accessible and digestible. You can use the chapter headings in the video to find the section you want to learn more about.