The Art of Respiring - Your First Key to unrestricted energy

Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 9:35 am

Yes, respiring is a skill, and it’s a really systematic art. The activity of respiring is far more than inhaling and breathing out air. It triggers off an entire chain of physio-biological reactions, spanning every one of the billions of cells which make up our bodies. Additional oxygen in the blood stream excites the excretory system, so clearing the body of damaging toxins. Additional oxygen in the brain provides extra vitality and potency. Deep meditative respiring is a sort of reminder to the body that all is fine and in control.

Breathing has always been a part of our wellness arsenal, but somehow as one grows older, breathing becomes less and less scientific. It becomes shallow, and we begin to breathe in the chest, rather than the stomach.

So, what’s the correct way of breathing?

Have you ever seen a baby breathe? In and out, deep and even, slow, easy and calm. If you look closely, you will see that it is not the chest that is rising and falling, rather it is the stomach. To put it more precisely, it is the diaphragm, the muscle between the chest and the abdominal cavity, which moves.

Now, compare this with your own style of respiring. Possibilities are that you’ll find that it differs. If you are like most people, your higher chest expands as you breathe and contracts as you exhale. Over time, you have learned to hold your belly in.

The difficulty is this has become something standard in most people’s lives. Over time, life in an overcrowded town, with lingering pollution issues and a scarcity of unpolluted air may result in the steady change from intestinal respiring ( also called Belly Respiring ) to chest respiring.

This shift in breathing pattern, however, is not a natural feature of growing older. Many experts are of the opinion that this is simply a bad habit. They also believe that by breaking the habit, and returning to a style of breathing like that of an infant, we can help rid ourselves of chronic complaints headaches and fatigue. Moreover, by adopting a proper breathing technique, we may be able to ward off stress, lower our blood pressure, and strengthen our hearts and much more.

“The way we breathe can have a serious impact on how we feel,” claims therapist Dr. Phil Nuernberger, writer of liberty From Stress.?”Many stress related illnesses, whether physical, psychological or emotional, might be due to unacceptable respiring, and luckily, they can be simply reversed by adopting systematic breathing mechanisms.”

Apart from the health benefits, deep respiring also ends in a far better sense of contentment. It inspires creativeness, excites memory, and soothes emotional extremities.

Practicing Belly Respiring

Find a comfortable place to sit down. Make sure you are wearing thin and comfortable clothing. Now, place your right arm on your stomach, and breathe in the following manner.

1. Breathe in through the nose, counting two.
2. Hold, counting up to four.
3. Breathe out through the mouth, counting three.

As you breathe in, feel your belly fill up with air and expand outwards, and as you breathe out, feel your belly let down.

Do this 10 times, 3 times per day for the subsequent one week and see how your health improves.

Happy Breathing for a Healthy LIFE.

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Evans D. Smith

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