Deep Breathing Exercise

Practicing deep breathing exercise at least three times daily is recommended to remove stress and tension and improve your health level. In the midst of your daily activities, you should pause and take time off to exercise simple breathing techniques.

You may have taken your breath for granted. You allow the process of inhaling and exhaling subconsciously, without putting in any effort. Just like any exercise program, breathing exercise is vital to your health. It helps provide sufficient oxygen to your brain.

The correct breathing exercise involves focus and is done consciously. You are also opening up the blocks to your consciousness and will become more aware and alive and improve your body and mind function.

Benefits of Deep Breathing

1. Puts you in a relaxed state of mind and encourages access to creative imagination and learning ability.
   
   
   
2. Leads to physical relaxation.
   
   
   
3. The exercise releases anxiety and influences mental health.
   
   
   
4. Provides healthy bloodstream that transports oxygen and nutrients to your cells.
   
   
   
5. Focusing on taking deep and slow breath during an emotional upheaval will direct your body to calm down.

Learn How to Breathe Correctly

Start from your abdomen and inhale deeply through your nose to the count of five

You are taking in the oxygen to supply to your blood and your brain to function effectively. When you are deprived, it could lead to passiveness, seizures or even brain damage. When you focus on this breathing exercise, you will change your habit of breathing from your mouth. Since focused breathwork brings about relaxation and calmness, you will get rid of the fast and shallow breathing that accompanies worry and stress from your daily activities.

Hold your breath for a count of twenty

When you are holding your breath, you are allowing for full cleansing of the blood and activate your body's immune system. Retaining your breath after inhaling deeply allows you to purify your lungs. When you hold your breath, you are also distributing the oxygen to all parts of your body.

Exhale slowly through your mouth for a count of ten

You are releasing carbon monoxide and other toxins from your body and you stimulate your diaphragm. Repeat it at least ten times per session. You may replace with any number that you are comfortable with. For the best effect, keep the ratio of inhaling according to your capability, holding your breath four times and slowly exhaling twice the length that you inhaled.

Here's another simple breathing technique that heightens your concentration

1. Cover one nostril while you inhale.
   
   
   
2. Cover the other when you exhale.

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