Do you think you are breathing correctly? Most people think they are. If you are not breathing correctly you are setting yourself up to have various aches, pains and health problems.
Most of us breath correctly up until the age of 5 years. After that, as we have more things to focus on – get busier, our way of breathing starts to become out of whack.
(PS: I found checking in on how I was breathing on a daily basis, to be quite beneficial when under you know, lady stress. When we are stressed, and not breathing correctly, our bodies also tense up.)
By the time we hit adulthood, most of us have forgotten how to breath correctly.
Often we get into the bad habit of holding our breath when busy.
Most people don’t even give their way of breathing a second thought.
Not realizing, that if they were breathing correctly, they would be more productive, and feel less stressed.
Are You Breathing Correctly?
Take a deep breath in.
If you feel like you are going up, and getting a bit taller
YOUR BREATHING IS WRONG
During breathing, if you feel you are going up in your shoulder area – Then on exhale, your shoulders come down again, you are actually using your neck and shoulders to breath.
When you don’t breath correctly, your body is not getting an adequate intake of oxygen, which results in many health issues.
Incorrect breathing can cause…
Put you into a fight or flight mode
Make you feel more anxious and stressed
Neck and shoulder pain
Sleeping problems – Not being able to sleep
Digestive problems
Depression
Panic attacks
Sluggish immune system
High blood pressure
Chest pain
Fatigue
Low concentration level
Dizziness
Brain fog
Migraines/headaches
Inhaling and exhaling an adequate amount of oxygen not only helps to protect you from the ailments above, your exhaled breath also removes toxins from your body.
When you breath correctly your neck and shoulders don’t move.
Your diaphragm (belly area) should expand when you breath in, and contract (get narrower) when you exhale – breath out.
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