Breath Coaching

Question 1

In Whisky Breathing practices, what happens to CO2 levels?

Answer 1

They rise

Question 2

Your blood always remains alkaline, but during which type of breathing practice does it become even slightly more alkaline?

Answer 2

Coffee breathing

Question 3

Yoga breathing is mostly a practice of manipulating CO2 levels in the blood, not oxygen.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Which of these encourages both vasodilation and bronchodilation?

Answer 4

Neither

Question 5

When you practice fast breathing (Coffee practices) excessively, why does it make you dizzy and potentially give you a headache?

Answer 5

CO2 goes very low and blood vessels constrict

Question 6

When you’re holding your breath and feel “breath hunger” (the urge to breathe), this is triggered by

Answer 6

A build-up of CO2

Question 7

In a normal breath, approximately what percentage of the air is made up of oxygen?

Answer 7

15%

Question 8

What is the more common and most problematic breathing pattern dysfunction?

Answer 8

Most people breathe too shallow

Question 9

What is the Bohr effect?

Answer 9

Describes how CO2 is required to utilize oxygen

Question 10

The main breathing muscle is:

Answer 10

Diaphragm

Question 11

What is a normal/healthy blood oxygen level (SpO2)?

Answer 11

95-99%

Question 12

If someone is hyperventilating, why might a paramedic suggest they breathe into a paper bag?

Answer 12

To increase the CO2 in their system and allow them to relax

Question 13

In a natural, relaxed state, breathing should work like this:

Answer 13

Engage the breathing muscles to inhale, relax and the exhale happens

Question 14

What are the accessory breathing muscles?

Answer 14

The muscles of the neck, shoulders, and back.

Question 15

During late stage pregnancy, a woman’s breathing capacity is reduced.

Answer 15

True

Question 16

What is the best non-medical practice to alleviate asthma conditions?

Answer 16

Slow breathing

Question 17

What do allergies, asthma, and chronic sinusitis all have in common?

Answer 17

They constrict breathing passageways

Question 18

When the diaphragm contracts/engages, how does it move?

Answer 18

It flattens down like a plunger.

Question 19

During “fight or flight” periods, what happens to your body’s blood?

Answer 19

It becomes super alkaline

Question 20

When we think of yin and yang energies, what branches of the autonomic nervous system do they correspond with?

Answer 20

Yin = parasympathetic / Yang = sympathetic

Question 21

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) tell us that a healthy heart should __________ in the inhalation and ______________ on the exhalation.

Answer 21

Increase and then decrease

Question 22

Why do we use the category names: Water, Whiskey, Coffee?

Answer 22

To make it simple and easy to the effects of each practice type

Question 23

What are the most interesting times to check your nasal cycle?

Answer 23

First thing in the morning, before/after meals, before bed

Question 24

When we’re counting an inhale breath out loud for a student, how should we count?

Answer 24

Count up

Question 25

As a teacher and as a student, what is the best way to keep track of your breathing rounds?

Answer 25

Place your thumb on the pads of your fingers to correspond with each round of breath

Question 26

Both the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches of the autonomic nervous system are equally important and need to be balanced.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

When breath testing, what does the exhale counting test attempt to measure?

Answer 27

CO2

Question 28

Why do we cue “expand your belly” on the inhale in many practices?

Answer 28

It’s a simple way to breathe diaphragmatically

Question 29

Of all three practice categories we learn (Water, Whiskey, Coffee), which practice has the widest variety of possible breathing practices, patterns, and exercises?

Answer 29

Whiskey

Question 30

What is best use of snapping and clapping?

Answer 30

To keep the rhythm of the breath count