Relaxed Respiration
Respiration starts in the belly. Right through the middle of your body, in the chest,right beneath the lungs is the midriff, a strong muscle in the shape of a dome. The midriff moves downwards when you breathe in. To be able to do that, the stomach and intestines have to move down. So when you breathe in, your belly will expand and your stomach will move down. The midriff pushes downwards, creating a vacuum in your chest cavity. This vacuum forces the lungs, that don’t have muscle tissue, to fill themselves with air. This takes place roughly in the lower part of the lung, which absorbs about 80% oxygen. The upper part, which absorbs about 20%, is only used when you are more active, are having stress or when you’re in a crisis situation. The belly breathing makes us more active, more purposive and more precise. It makes us more balanced.
A lot of people breathe wrong. They breathe with their chest. That means that they have to breathe a lot faster to get enough air.
-With chest breathing you breathe in about 25000 times a day
-With belly breathing you breathe in about 12000 times a day
So with chest breathing you work twice as hard for the same result! That costs a lot more effort. Doing that, you create a tension and you are more likely to get ill or pain.
Breathing exercises :To train yourself in good breathing, you can do these 2 small exercises.
EXERCISE 1
· Sit on a chair with a straight back and your legs next to each other, or on the floor sitting cross-legged against the wall.
· Put your hands on your belly, one above the navel and one on the navel,while you’re breathing in. You will then feel how your navel expands en how the respiration slowly goes up, into the chest cavity.
· When you breathe out, your hand above your navel goes “in”, followed by your hand beneath that.
· Keep breathing like this for at least 2 minutes, and slowly go to 5 minutes a day.
EXERCISE 2
· Take the same starting position as in exercise 1
· Breathe through your left nostril for 6 seconds and keep your right nostril closed with your finger.
· Keep your breath for 3 seconds.
· Now release the right nostril and breathe out for 6 seconds, keeping your left nostril closed.
· Breathe in through your right nostril for 6 seconds.
· Keep your breathe for 3 seconds.
· Release your left nostril and breathe out for 6 seconds, keeping your right nostril closed.
This exercise can be done as many times as you wish. As long as it feels nice.Especially with a stressful event, this exercise is particularly relaxing and calming.
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