Mindful Breathing for Anxiety and Pain Management

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Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang is a mother, cancer survivor, mindfulness teacher, and pulmonologist who is a Director of Pulmonary Integrative Medicine. She is a leader and international speaker on wellness, mindfulness, anti-racism, integrative and pulmonary medicine who has taught courses, led retreats, and designed wellness curricula for a decade. She has volunteered as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine for UCSD for over a decade in their medical student-run free clinic. She has been recognized as a seven-time San Diego Top Doctor, received the San Diego American Lung Association Lung Health Provider of the Year Award in 2019, and was recognized by Mindful Magazine as one of the 10 Powerful Women of the Mindfulness Movement in 2021. She co-hosts the Mindful Healers Podcast and founded the Mindful Healthcare Collective, Providing free well-being sessions to reduce suffering amongst healthcare professionals. She serves on the Board of Directors for the American Thoracic Society and the Center for Mindful Self-Compassion.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang maintains a private practice and is the CEO and founder of Coastal Pulmonary Associates and Awaken Breath, LLC. She is a consultant with Trudell Medical International, 2nd MD Expert, the Office of the California District Attorney and is a sub-investigator of RHeSOLVE. Dr. Liang is the founder of Mindful Healthcare Collective and co-founder of Mindful Healing Collective. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Dr. Ni-Cheng Liang is the co-host of the Mindful Healers podcast. She is a member of the American Thoracic Society.

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Objectives

1. Determine when mindful breathing is appropriate for a client and its clinical implications.
2. Apply simple yet effective mindful breathing practices in session to help clients acquire new self-management modalities and improve clients level of functioning.
3. Construct personalized mindful breathing prescriptions for clients to alleviate symptoms of ADHD.

Outline

• Severity of anxiety, depression, pain, and shortness of breath to be taken into account
• Consider trauma history and the possibility of breath as a trigger
• Collaboration with physicians in evaluating for underlying metabolic or anatomic causes for symptoms is key for holistic healing.

• Physiology of breath and changing inspiratory to expiratory ratios will be briefly reviewed to serve as a foundation for teaching clients
• The 4-7-8, pursued lipped, diaphragmatic breathing, box breathing techniques will be introduced and experientially taught for participants to experience

• A review of the different indications for the different types of breathing introduced will be shared
• Sample prescriptions will be discussed for common clinical scenarios

Target Audience

• Counselors
• Educators
• Marriage and Family Therapists
• Nurses
• Psychologists
• Social Workers
• Other Mental Health Professions