Throughout my 32 years on this planet I’ve met only a handful of people like Pierre Lamarche, people who don’t actually want to say much to you as the sheer presence and actions they undertake says enough.
Pierre had many amazing qualities as my personal tennis coach and as a person off the court, he taught me that it’s crucial to take complete control over yourself and not merely react to life.
These are things that I completely forgot but was reminded of again as I spent more time with him. He was sure in his decisions and he was clear on how his mindset was might be did let me know about how life must really be lived, and I emulated him and his joyful ways on my road to recovery from generalized anxiety disorder and panic attacks. We’re also learning the connection between chronic hyperventilation and many problems and diseases that people see doctors for similar to high blood pressure, heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome, heartburn, asthma and arthritis just to name a few.
Shallow breathing switches on our fight or flight reflex known as our sympathetic nervous system, now this has a great affect on being able to think clearly and the obsessive thoughts we have. Which is actually completely opposite of what our bodies were designed for, a lot of our time is spent crouched over on a computer.
