01/06/2026
If youâre neurospicy or hypermobile, youâre going to want to hear this one đśď¸
I have a theory on why some people are more likely to suffer with gut issues than others.
This morning I woke up and decided to meditate and something really interesting happened.
I realized how distracting the sound of my breath was.
As it turns out - some of us have a louder interoceptive system than others.
This is the system that senses how our brain perceives the internal state of our body. Aka our heartbeat and our breath.
For most people, those signals stay below conscious awareness.
But for some of us - especially those who have ADHD, those who are a little autistic or those who suffer with hEDS, - those signals are more available.
Theyâre amplified, theyâre louder.
And I think that itâs this phenomena, that may be driving us to be more shallow in our breathing - because shallow breathing keeps some of that bodily noise under the threshold of awareness.
The problem is, that shallow breathing impacts our digestion threefold.
Firstly, it interferes with our vagus nerve - the nerve that directly innervates our gut controlling our digestion.
Secondly, it keeps our nervous system in a low-grade state of threat so we canât access the parasympathetic ârest & digestâ state.
And thirdly we miss out on diaphragmatic massage which is where deep breathing creates rhythmic pressure changes that move food through our body.
If youâve felt like thereâs a missing piece to your digestive issues, focus on your breathing for a day and let me know in the comments below, if this could be you.