Sometimes the solution is as easy as breathing. But that doesn’t mean one deep breath will change your life. It means you can change your life by starting with one breath. 

In this episode…

• We ALL have breathing dysfunction and the #1 thing we can do to change that
• Integrating more efficient breathing patterns changes our steady state and baseline which makes us healthier all around
• The importance of moving out of exercising skills to integrating them in order to live efficiently and optimally
• The #1 thing you can do BEFORE becoming pregnant to support your health
• What our diaphragm and Sebastain in The Little Mermaid have in common
• Why breathing into a paper bag (or mask) helps rebalance O2 and CO2 to regulate your nervous system and avoid a panic attack
• How you can use your breath to navigate and support anxiety and depression 

Other resources mentioned in the episode…

Sexs, Cults and Puppeteering with Kayla Prestel Found of Feel Good Pilates NYC

Creating A Hospitable Environment For Pleaasure with Sex Coach Danielle Savory

Patricia’s book The Wise Woman’s Guide To Your Healthiest Pregnancy & Birth: FRom Preconception to Postpartum.

Patricia Ladis, PT, CBBA, has been practicing holistic physical therapy & performing injury prevention screenings since 1999. She is a behavioral breathing analyst and can help everyone optimize their breathing whether they are pregnant, in chronic pain or having performance issues. She is the author of The Wise Woman’s Guide to Your Healthiest Pregnancy and Birth- an empowering book that gives you lifestyle medicine, exercises and breathing techniques for a smooth preconception-pregnancy and postpartum motherhood experience. She is the founder of WiseBody Physical Therapy and the co-founder of First 1000 Days of Wellness. 

She ‘s worked with professional dancers of ABT, Rockettes, and Broadway Shows and tennis professionals competing in the US Open since 2002, Wimbledon, Olympics. She appeared on NBC & CBS programs and published in Forbes, Vogue, ThriveGlobal, etc. 

Patricia aims to get to the root cause of someone’s pain or performance issue to eliminate it for good. Patricia is a mother of 3 and has experienced all three births- vaginal birth without any medications, cesarean section, and a VBAC (vaginal birth after cesarean). Patricia specializes in treating the whole woman during her perinatal years to optimize her pregnancy and postpartum experience- including preventing and closing diastasis using real-time ultrasound. Patricia uses her extensive experience to connect with her patients on deeper levels. She helps bring out their innate wisdom for returning to doing what they love with ultimate success. Learn more at www.patricialadis.com and follow on IG @patricialadis

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