Deep Breathing - Easy Does It
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Go to any exercise class - whether it's yoga, stretching, Pilates or tai-chi - and listen to the instructor. Count the number of times she says "breathe deeply." As she shows the students how to do deep breathing, you can almost see her lungs go up and down in rhythmic fashion.
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Folks, you may not know it yet, but deep breathing is de rigueur these days!
For one, deep breathing generates significant health benefits. By taking in oxygen properly, we "streamline" its distribution through our respiratory, nervous, and circulatory systems.
Deep breathing also improves our physiology. By breathing properly, we do our posture a tremendous favor. When our bodies are bent and twisted out of shape, how can we take in air?
Deep breathing enhances our exercise performance. Cardiovascular efficiency depends on our deep breathing skills to improve aerobic output.
Finally, deep breathing helps us relax by whittling down our anxiety and stress levels.
The literature abounds in the field of breathing. People with asthma, insomnia, and other disorders show a keen interest in deep breathing techniques because they feel - almost immediately - the positive effects of deep breathing once they learn to do it the right way.
The ever popular Dr. Andrew Weil is a strong proponent of deep and proper breathing. He says it nourishes our brain and central nervous system. If people only listened to their bodies intently, there should be no need for over-medication and over dependence on surgical interventions, he says.
Do it today, and feel what the deep breathing gurus have been trying to say all along...
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