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Why you should try “beneficial discomfort”
Have you ever considered discomfort to be a positive thing?
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I remember the first time I tried breathwork. This wasn’t the kind of yogic or mindful breathing practice you might be aware of; this is a sustained, active, rhythmic and kind of intense active meditation that, in the way it’s done, involves rapid inhaling and exhaling.
Your body starts to tingle; parts of you cramp up; and if you’re me, the entire time, your mind is screaming at you “WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS WHEN NETFLIX HAS BEEN INVENTED? PLEASE STOP! I AM THE ONE USED TO BEING IN CONTROL AND I DON’T LIKE ALL THESE FEELINGS IN MY BODY!”
After my first breathwork session, though, I knew I was hooked, even though I was literally kind of actively miserable DURING the sessions. Because afterwards, as I tingling and cramping dissipated and I lay there, I literally felt heaviness leaving my body. Things felt… unstuck. I felt…
