Vitality is one of the most important aspects of health and beauty but not everyone understands its chief source. Take a deep breath and you have the answer. Vitality comes from correct breathing.Deep breathing brings oxygen to your red blood corpuscles; without it they can't survive.
And it isn't all breathing in. Exhalation counts too. Exhalation burns carbon dioxide and eliminate impurities from the blood. The longer and deeper you exhale , the more pollution is removed from your lungs and the more energized your whole body becomes. (Watch your complexion improve.) Incidentally, deep sighs are often a sign of your body's need to exhale.
Noisy breathing is not necessarily good breathing. Well regulated respiration is silent; you should not hear yourself breathe. Always breathe through your nose - it warms and filters the air and allows normal aeration of the lungs. Breathing through the mouth is wrong.
Most people breathe very shallowly in the upper chest area jus below the throat, and take in insufficient amount of oxygen. Infants breathe correctly and so do sleeping persons; they use diaphragm. A good way to re-educate your diaphragm is to lie flat on your bed and breathe slowly and deeply in and out, letting the diaphragm function naturally. Your awareness of the way it works should then help you breathe correctly in an upright position.
In the morning, wake up your muscles by raising your arms straight above your head and trying to pull your whole body upwards so as to stretch your spinal column. Then, standing in front of an open window, back erect practice these three steps of the "yoga cleansing breath".
Also, bad air is something to avoid- watch out for the stale, dry air so often found in air-conditioned homes and offices
And it isn't all breathing in. Exhalation counts too. Exhalation burns carbon dioxide and eliminate impurities from the blood. The longer and deeper you exhale , the more pollution is removed from your lungs and the more energized your whole body becomes. (Watch your complexion improve.) Incidentally, deep sighs are often a sign of your body's need to exhale.
Noisy breathing is not necessarily good breathing. Well regulated respiration is silent; you should not hear yourself breathe. Always breathe through your nose - it warms and filters the air and allows normal aeration of the lungs. Breathing through the mouth is wrong.
Most people breathe very shallowly in the upper chest area jus below the throat, and take in insufficient amount of oxygen. Infants breathe correctly and so do sleeping persons; they use diaphragm. A good way to re-educate your diaphragm is to lie flat on your bed and breathe slowly and deeply in and out, letting the diaphragm function naturally. Your awareness of the way it works should then help you breathe correctly in an upright position.
In the morning, wake up your muscles by raising your arms straight above your head and trying to pull your whole body upwards so as to stretch your spinal column. Then, standing in front of an open window, back erect practice these three steps of the "yoga cleansing breath".
- Inhale a complete breath slowly through your nose.
- Retain the air a few seconds.
- Pucker up your lips, as if for a whistle, and exhale small amount of air vigorously through the opening. Pause a moment, then continue to exhale a little more air. Repeat until the air is completely exhaled. If you feel dizzy at first, it's because the blood stream is unaccustomed to handling the oxygen.
Also, bad air is something to avoid- watch out for the stale, dry air so often found in air-conditioned homes and offices
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