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Can you with breathing for granted? Did you ever think about breathing? Breathing is something most people do not think much of, unless they have trouble breathing. Most people breathe very shallow. Start paying attention to your breathing and you'll only your chest moves slightly with each breath.

Breathing serves two important functions in our body. One of the reasons we breathe, is to bring oxygen into our body our cells, which carry oxygenessential for life. The second function of breathing is to remove waste and toxins from our body through exhalation.

Shallow breathing results in oxygen starvation of body cells. Because of this lack of sufficient oxygen, you see signs of a pre-mature aging, declining health and your immune system is not effective.

Learn to take a deep breath has many health benefits. Some of the benefits of deep breathing, stress reduction,stimulates the lymphatic system (the lymphatic system is responsible for removing toxins from the body), increased oxygen to the brains you feel energetic and purifies your mind and lungs become stronger and healthier.

It is easy to learn to take deep breaths. It requires a commitment of only a few minutes each day to focus on your breathing and make a new habit of deep breathing. You've probably already shallow breathing most of your life, so when you first startimplementation of deep breathing in your life that you feel a little light-headed or unwell. You're not used to the rush of fresh oxygen into your system.

When you practice deep breathing for a few days, you will adapt to the increased oxygen supply to all the benefits and begin to implement deep breathing regularly post. Take those few minutes for yourself every day and notice how much better you feel.

A few simple breathing techniques:

Basic DeepRespiratory:

Sit up straight with your feet flat on the floor. Relax your shoulders and place your hands on both sides of the abdomen. Inhale slowly through the nose breathing until your belly to fill and expand, and then up through your center and finally to your chest to expand. When exhaling, contract the abdomen and chest and then your middle. Repeat 3-4 times. Do this exercise several times during the day.

Tony Robbins Unlimited PowerRespiratory:

This is one of my favorite breathing exercises. I first heard about this technique from Tony Robbins. With this technique you follow a breathing pattern where you breath for a count, holds for 4 counts and exhale for 2 counts.

An example of how they will follow this pattern:

Sit up straight with your feet flat on the floor. Relax your shoulders and place your hands on both sides of the abdomen. You will inhale slowly through your nose to the count of 5, breath until your belly to fill and expand, and then up through your center and finally to your chest to expand. So hold your breath and exhale to the count 20 count 10 Ideally you should work on 10 sets of breathing, three times a day. You can gradually work for the duration of your inhale, hold your breath and lung capacity.

I invite you to try this simple deep breathing techniques to improve your physical and mental> Health. Deep breathing is a free, painless way to improve your health and the immediate benefit of this simple process to get.

You can also experiment with taking slow deep breaths when you're under stress. For example, frustrated, if you are stuck in traffic, and the feeling that you are too late for an appointment, spend a few minutes taking slow deep breath and notice how much better you feel.