Breathing Right

Breathing right for relaxation & stress reduction is one of the best known form of exercise which doesn’t use any medicine and has been scientifically proven to:

• Calm nerves

• Reduce blood pressure

• Improve concentration

• Elevate mood

It will take 5-10 minutes to complete this breathing exercise for relaxation and you will notice the difference before & after the exercise right away.

• Sit or lie down in a comfortable position.

• Keep breathing normally and focus on it for 3 minutes.

• Just observe how you are breathing.

• You can close your eyes if you like.

• After around 3 minutes of normal breathing, inhale deeply, as deep as you can through your nose. It should cause your chest to rise and your stomach/abdomen to expand.

• Hold the breath for 5 seconds and start letting it go slowly through your mouth.

• Exhale fully forcing every last bit of breath out.

• The time it takes to inhale should be 3-5 seconds.

• To exhale it should take 8-10 seconds.

• Do this for around 3 minutes the first 3 days increasing this to around 10 minutes daily.

• You may start feeling light headed after this which is a good sign. You will be normal within a few minutes.