Breathing is commonly used as means for meditation.
Breathing is your body's way of in taking oxygen and ridding itself of carbon dioxide. According to Dennis Lewis, author of "Free Your Breath, Free Your Life," many people today have forgotten breathe properly. Proper breathing can help energize your body, because it increases the amount of oxygen that your blood carries. Using a few simple tips, you can breathe better for a healthier body.
Full Exhalation
Always exhale for at least as long as you inhale. For example, if you inhale for two seconds, make sure that you exhale for at least two seconds following that inhalation. Complete exhalation removes the carbon dioxide buildup from your lungs to allow more oxygen to be stored with each breath. Practice this method of even inhalation and exhalation until it becomes natural for you.
After even inhalation and exhalation are natural, try exhaling for twice as long as you inhale, for complete lung cleansing.
Strong Voice
Breathe strongly when speaking, to produce a powerful voice. If you do not use much air when you breathe, you are allowing carbon dioxide to build up in your lungs. As you speak, you exhale air to vibrate your vocal cords, producing sound.
Practice speaking with a strong voice, and you will notice that you are exhaling more air between each breath. Do not allow yourself to compensate for this with sharp breaths between pauses in your speech. Take a slow, deep breath at each pause. This will make your voice more assertive and easier to hear.
Stress Management
According to Dennis Lewis, taking deep breaths at the first sign of stress will calm your mind. When the body becomes stressed, many people breathe quickly and shallowly, which depletes oxygen in the bloodstream and worsens the stressed condition.
As you become stressed, breathe deeply, inhaling for three seconds and exhaling for four seconds. Increased oxygen in the brain calms the mind, allowing you to better handle stress.
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