287 | A Body By Breath with Jill Miller

Did you know 17-53% of the population experience anxiety during relaxation and meditation? Jill Miller, author of Body by Breath and The Roll Model, and the co-founder of Tune Up Fitness, speaks about bringing awareness to breathing and what it means to modulate the nervous system according to different experiences throughout life. While explaining the autonomic nervous system, Jill describes the three zones of breathing and how they are manipulated through times of digestion and healing to exertion and through emergency situations. Furthermore, she discusses diaphragmatic tension through the context of "sucking in the stomach" and pregnancy changes. Then, she dives into the role of interception and how breath relates to both short-term and long-term pain. Finally, she explains relaxation-induced anxiety and how working on fascial tissue can leverage motility around the respiratory muscles and allow for relaxation. Let's dive in!

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What You Will Learn In This Interview with Jill Miller

7:57 - Why a book about breath?

15:19 - What is the autonomic nervous system and how does it relate to breath

20:41 - How sucking in your stomach and pregnancy changes tension around the diaphragm

26:16 - Zone 1 to 3 breathing - how breathing changes through experience from healing to sport to emergency

32:17 - How breath relates to fascia & the role of interoception

39:57 - What role does breath play in acute and persistent pain

45:42 - Relaxation-induced anxiety

53:47 - Learn more with Jill

To learn more about Jill Miller and view full show notes, please visit the full website here: https://www.docjenfit.com/podcast/episode287/

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