January 21, 2026

Breathe for Brain Fitness and Improve All Your Travels Breathing is necessary and we all know how to do it. But Breathing for Brain Fitness is a whole other animal and one you and your family can easily learn. Let me explain. Our brains are greedy. They steal 20% of every breath we take. But it\’s never enough. We would all benefit from 25 extra deep breaths daily to improve the oxygenation and circulation to our brain but there never seems to be sufficient time in a day to do it all, right? And who can be bothered to remember to breath in a special way in our hectic lives? YOU can! Travel is a perfect time to develop good breathing habits. We are already more relaxed and open to new experiences. Improve memory as you relax and increase your visual vocabulary and ability. This comes in handy for those endless “Where\’s Waldo” games that require focus and good visual skills including family, team and individual sports. It also takes the testosterone and hormonal level down a good few notches for those who travel with teens and young adults. Basically, breathing is necessary but Breathing for Brain fitness is a must for those cabin fever moments during trips where extreme weather can keep everyone inside, climbing the walls. It\’s Easy as 1, 2, 3   PHOTO OF WOMAN BREATHING AT OCEAN HERE Breathing for Brain Fitness requires 3 steps 1) Breathe in through your nose deeply, counting as you do. 2) Hold that breath for your original count PLUS ONE. 3) Push out your breathfully through lightly clenched teeth with a huge smile on your face using a “shee” sound for your original count PLUS TWO. You should hear your exhale clearly. Practice in private if you are self conscious. Rinse and repeat twice. Ideally, if you could do these sets of three breaths a few times during the day, you would see the benefits immediately. Try to work up to a 10 second breath as your ultimate goal during your trip. Ten count IN, hold for 11 count, and “shee” out for a full 12 count. About 90 seconds for a set of 3 and you will be fully on the road to Brain Fitness Gold!   Keep track of your efforts…on a tracker! Keep a breathing chart or mark down the count level achieved with other journal entries. Go to http://BrainFitnessUnlimited.com/BreathingforBrainFitnessTracker to download and begin! Road trips are a great time to practice Breathing for Brain Fitness and an easy time to track progress. Check out TMom Mimi Slawoff\’s Family Road Trip Survival Guide for some great road trip tips. Just add Breathing for Brain Fitness to her list… ;D I taught my kids to deep breathe and count as soon as they could tick off 1-2-3 on either hand. It became a great personal challenge since I set it up that way. Didn\’t want them to compete against each other. I taught them a valuable lifelong lesson to always compete against their own best. To strive for themselves and not rely on someone else\’s measuring stick. They would always roll their head before going off into one battle or another, but I always said, \”make YOURSELF proud!\” Deep breathing is the ultimate relaxation tool. You never have to remember to pack it for any trip. We practiced deep breathing everywhere and anywhere. Day and night until it became an ingrained habit, like brushing teeth. It helped relax my kids as we drove to school in the hectic morning haze. It worked like a charm right before they went off to sleep. It was there for them before important test taking, or that sports event or music performance they were a bit shaky to begin. Decades later, my kids still do their deep breathing. And I still do mine.