Are you Breathing?
Do you do deep breathing exercises?
" breathing properly, experts say, can reduce stress and anxiety, improve mental focus and athletic performance, help control high blood pressure and mend other health problems....Short, shallow breathing causes a cascade of negative effects in the body, and the body associates that with the fight-or-flight response," says Al Lee, co-author (with Don Campbell) of the 2009 book "Perfect Breathing." "It gins up the adrenaline, the cortisol, the stress chemicals."
I just read an article in todays paper, really made me think.
In the past week two people I know died of a massive heart attack, both were in their 50's.
I sit at my desk a lot. I try to get up and do some cardio periodically but lately I've caught myself either holding my breath while working or breathing very shallow breaths.
Reading this article was just a reminder that I need to remember to breathe! Doing deep breathing exercises while at your desk, driving, watching tv or whatever is easy and can be more beneficial to our health and mind than we realize!
Try it and tell me you don't feel better.
Here's the article Better breathing can mean better health - San Jose Mercury News
"Here's a simple exercise he calls "the six-second breath"; it can help you master deep breathing and calm down in stressful situations, he says.
Inhale for 2 seconds, visualizing the breath moving through your body to your tailbone and in all directions.
Hold for 1 second.
Exhale for 2 seconds, attempting to empty the lungs from bottom to top.
Hold for 1 second.
Repeat.
Practice for at least 5 minutes a day, more often if you can."
" breathing properly, experts say, can reduce stress and anxiety, improve mental focus and athletic performance, help control high blood pressure and mend other health problems....Short, shallow breathing causes a cascade of negative effects in the body, and the body associates that with the fight-or-flight response," says Al Lee, co-author (with Don Campbell) of the 2009 book "Perfect Breathing." "It gins up the adrenaline, the cortisol, the stress chemicals."
I just read an article in todays paper, really made me think.
In the past week two people I know died of a massive heart attack, both were in their 50's.
I sit at my desk a lot. I try to get up and do some cardio periodically but lately I've caught myself either holding my breath while working or breathing very shallow breaths.
Reading this article was just a reminder that I need to remember to breathe! Doing deep breathing exercises while at your desk, driving, watching tv or whatever is easy and can be more beneficial to our health and mind than we realize!
Try it and tell me you don't feel better.
Here's the article Better breathing can mean better health - San Jose Mercury News
"Here's a simple exercise he calls "the six-second breath"; it can help you master deep breathing and calm down in stressful situations, he says.
Inhale for 2 seconds, visualizing the breath moving through your body to your tailbone and in all directions.
Hold for 1 second.
Exhale for 2 seconds, attempting to empty the lungs from bottom to top.
Hold for 1 second.
Repeat.
Practice for at least 5 minutes a day, more often if you can."
Elizabeth Fee
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