BREATHE!

This week's Love Your Heart, Love Yourself (LHLS) Challenge is to BREATHE!

Yes, that’s right BREATHE!  Trust me, as you make lifestyle changes this small step, will make a BIG difference in your life, how you feel and how you handle stressful situations.
   

Most people don’t give any thought to how they breathe.  We are just moving through our day, as usual.  However, did you know that many of us are not getting the full benefits of breathing deeply and fully.  Consciously practicing to inhale and exhale properly and regulating your breathing can neutralize stress, lower blood pressure, improve digestion and more!  Wow! 

Now, place your hand on your belly and take a deep breath in and blow it out, did your belly inflate on your inhale or your chest?  When you breathe you want your belly to expand rather than your chest.  Now try it again, this time place your hand on your belly and take a slow deep breath in (through your nose) and imagine that your belly is a balloon you are filling with air, now exhale deeply through your mouth and your belly should go down.

Practice this throughout the day and whenever you are feeling anxiety or stress do this breathing technique until the feeling subsides.  It is WONDERFUL for neutralizing stress.  And guess what?  When you neutralize stress it lowers your blood pressure, aids digestion and can help in the battle of getting rid of those unwanted pounds!  With enough practice you can train yourself to breath from the abdomen regularly.

Now go forth this week and Love Your Heart, Love Yourself and BREATHE!

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Comments

[Linda]

OK Tiare, better late then never :) I'll join you! I just now realised you had posted this on your blog!

I'm breathing and wow, does my belly get huge when I inhale :-D

[Shai]

I've known about this for about 14 yrs. now. (Birth of my son hehe) It has helped me through anxiety, pain, nausea(!!), headaches ... so many things. And road rage! I get a little annoyed at all the tractors around. hehe They are only on the road when I am ... I swear it! :)