Thursday, February 20, 2014

Deep Breathing - Anytime of the Day

Whenever you feel dull, tired, or out of energy during the day, you can do deep breathing. It's also known as abdominal breathing or core breathing.

Here are the steps :
1. Stand comfortably with your hands on your sides or sit on the chair comfortably with straight back.
2. Raise your hands straight up to the head while inhaling.
3. Lower your hands while exhaling.
4. Keep the time spent on inhalation and exhalation equal.
5. Repeat step 2 and 3 for about 1 to 3 minutes.

If you are not comfortable in raising your hand during inhalation and lowering your hands during exhalation, you can simple keep your palm over your belly button and observe it raising when you inhale and lowering when you exhale.

This exercise allows the lungs to work at full capacity and increase the amount of oxygen in blood. It helps in increasing energy level in your body.