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Breathing exercise for stress
By: LightMove Date: December 17, 2021, 1:00 am
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Breathing exercises provide an extremely simple, effective and
convenient way to relieve stress and reverse the stress
response, reducing the negative effects of chronic stress.
Chronic stress can be harmful to your body and mind. It puts you
at risk for health problems. When you're stressed, your body
responds by releasing hormones that increase your blood pressure
and heart rate. This is called the stress response.
Breathing exercise for stress
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How do breathing exercises reduce stress?
Breathing exercises reduce stress by increasing oxygen exchange,
which lowers blood pressure, slows the heart and releases any
pressure on the abdomen. These physical changes also benefit
your state of mind -- focusing on your breath brings you into
the present and into a mindful state.
Many people inadvertently become shallow breathing -- an
unconscious pattern of breathing in through the mouth, holding
the breath and taking in less air. Prolonged shallow breathing
can actually put the body in a cycle of stress, affecting
everything from mental to physical health and even
susceptibility to disease. While we shouldn't be in a controlled
breathing state for long periods of time, starting a few minutes
of practice each day can make us more aware of our habits
outside of exercise.
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Choosing the right breathing exercise
1.Counted Breathing
The easiest breathing technique is counting your breaths, which
is great for beginners. We first count 1 on the inhale, 2 on the
exhale, 3 on the inhale, and so on. We can choose to count to 5
and repeat
2.Belly breathing
Find a comfortable position with one hand on your stomach and
the other on your chest. Inhale through your nose, puff up your
belly, and exhale through your pursed lips. Repeat several
times.
3.Box breathing
Inhale for 4, hold for 4, exhale for 4, at the end of the exhale
for 4, and repeat. This is a very deep breathing exercise that
has been shown to calm and regulate the autonomic nervous
system.
4.Alternate Nostril Breathing
As you inhale, place your finger over your right nostril and
breathe through your left nostril only. On the exhale, switch
nostrils and breathe only through your right side. In yoga
texts, this method is said to balance the left and right
hemispheres of the brain to produce a stable and pure state of
mind.
There are many other ways to practice breathing exercises, but
these are the most popular and effective methods. If you want to
do more breathing exercises, you can choose a breathing
exerciser like OPUMP to help you. You can perform different
exercises to see which exercise is best for
you.
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