Deep Breathing A Healthy Daily Practice

Some of the practices that our ancestors formed were with a lot of rational and science behind it. In those days there were no science subjects like Biology, Physics, Chemistry but still everything today gets linked to it and we can relate the benefits of all these practices in a very scientific way.

Pranayama is one such practice which is deeply rooted from the olden times and still continues to create its magic. Pranayama in Yoga is nothing but different ways of breathing which brings balance and wellness to the physical health. Prana means Life Energy and Yama means Control, when we learn to control our life energy, we can increase our life energy to its optimal level.
Deep Breathing is one part of Pranayama and it comes with many health benefits. Science proves it that deep breathing is one of the self-healing tools.

When we do deep breathing, what happens is that our chest and belly expands and the diaphragm contracts, with this there is more oxygen supply to the body and when we breathe out the abdomen contracts and the chest and diaphragm relaxes with this helps calm down the nervous system and relieves stress and anxiety.
A good deep breathing exercise is an exercise for lungs which helps lower blood pressure and builds up physical and mental energy

In the recent times The Wim Hof breathing techniques have also become very popular. I believe that whatever form you are doing whether the traditional Anulom Vilom or Kapalbhatti or Wim Hof techniques, all of these give good results, Point is to do it on a daily basis to get maximum benefits out of the practice.

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These are some of the techniques that I have learned and I use it on my day-to-day basis. I am sharing it with you, if you may find it useful.

Slow Breathing:

• 6x6 - Throughout the day focus on longer, slower and deeper breathing, being aware of the 6 sec inhale and 6 sec exhale as much as possible.
• 4,7,8 - for anxiety and relaxation, inhale for 4, hold for 7 and exhale for 8. Repeat this as much as needed with minimum 3x.
• 2x4 -To calm the nervous system down and release excessive CO2 out of your system, inhale for 2 sec and exhale double the time.

There are many other types of breathing exercises also like the Power breadth, Holotropic breath, CO2 breadth, Wim Hof techniques. All of these are useful.
During the Covid times one thing we got most impacted with is our breathing and some still continue doing so. Hence it is very important to follow these practices on a daily basis for the recovery of our lungs and to improve the Oxygen level in our body.
Self-transformation is real and possible, but all it needs is a lot of discipline and the commitment to do it.
I hope you find these tips useful.

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