| Diaphragmatic Breathing:
Try this: Take a deep breath and let it out. Notice if in doing so you stiffened up the chest, neck and sometimes even maybe even bite down clenching the jaw and not be aware of it.
Now try this: Gently push out your stomach and notice how you automatically suck air into the lungs. The reason for this is the negative pressure created when you push out your stomach. The diaphragm drops down creating a negative pressure in the chest, which automatically expands the lungs, sucking in air.
Our lungs have five lobes and when people take a very deep breath they often only bring air into the two upper lobes of the lungs. They are pulling their stomach in rather than letting it push out, creating more space. The two lower lobes of the lungs have more blood vessels; therefore more oxygen can get into the tissues. Oxygen is relaxing and healing and allows a major decrease in stress.
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Here's How To Do It:
Make yourself as comfortable as possible, sitting or reclining with your spine straight and your arms and legs uncrossed. Close your eyes and place a hand over your abdomen so you can feel it rise and fall. With each inhalation you might imagine slowly filling a bright blue balloon in your belly.
Inhale: As you take your first breath, say silently, to yourself the number "One". Breathe in as deeply as you can, inhaling through your nostrils, filling and expanding your abdomen for a count of three.
Exhale: Breathe out fully for a count of six through your mouth. Allow all of the air to fully flow out of your body. Say, silently... to yourself, "Relax".
Repeat for each of the ten breaths. Breathe rhythmically... slowly... and fully. After the tenth exhalation is completed slowly open your eyes and notice how relaxed you are.
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