Most adults aren’t all that great at breathing – but babies are REALLY good at it. It’s deep abdominal breathing and it’s not hard to get it back – even if it’s just for a few minutes now and then. Picture your lungs as two balloons – and take a slow deep breath in – filling the deepest parts of your lungs until your belly rounds out. Exhale even slower, and then repeat. If you can – do your deep abdominal breathing through your nose – it warms, moistens and filters the air better than your mouth does.
If you’re wondering what deep abdominal breathing is good for – it lowers our heart rate and blood pressure, relieves stress, pain and hot flashes, increases blood flow and gives us a better overall feeling of well-being.
Source: Carol Krucoff, Healing Moves Yoga
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