A lot of us go about our day doing the typical shallow breathing. Never stopping to think that our body (cells and organs) is not gaining any benefit from that type of breathing. From previous post I mentioned how I love high intensity workouts, at least 2-3 days a week. One of the reasons I do enjoy it so much, is because of euphoric and calming effects from breathing.
I was sent an article on breathing the other day from Bloom. Cool, because now when I miss my workouts, I can do these breathing exercises to give my body what it is yarning for, OXYGEN!
I do these exercises with my daughters in between lessons and throughout the day. Try them with your children--not to young to learn how to take control of their bodies.
Calming breath:
Close one nostril and inhale. Exhale from the other nostril.
This technique helps in relaxation, overcoming insomnia and fatigue, decreasing headaches, improving digestion and decreasing anxiety and depression.
Relaxing breath:
Exhale twice as long as the inhale.
This technique releases more toxins and stress from the body and can help you fall asleep, decrease anger and reduce physical discomfort or pain.
Stimulating breath:
Take rapid inhales and exhales of equal length through your nose.
This stimulates your nervous system and delivers more oxygen to the cells, helping them function more efficiently.
Here's the complete write-up from Bloom
To your health,
i.~
