| Stress relief is your concern as you are reading this. | | | | reaches chest. This is chest breathing. |
| We encounter high traffic, increasing bills, demanding | | | | We all know what breathe does for body. It clean |
| work schedules and family. The unavoidable outcome | | | | our lungs and give vital oxygen and take out carbon |
| is stress, tensions and anxieties. | | | | dioxide out from lungs. We also know that lungs are |
| Stress and Mind | | | | having carbon dioxide and it has to be cleaned and |
| Mind always has thoughts. We are never without | | | | breathing is only cleaner available to us. |
| thoughts. More thoughts we have more work we | | | | Now what is happening in our normal breathing? We |
| assign to mind. Less thoughts we have mind is clam. | | | | breathe chest breathing so our lung's air up to chest |
| It is better to have peaceful mind. Mind with fewer | | | | is cleaned and air below chest is as it is. Means air |
| thoughts is clam and cool. More thoughts you have | | | | below chest in our lung is always have carbon dioxide |
| chances of stress increases. | | | | and never get oxygen with such chest breathing. In |
| Stress and Breathing | | | | other words we only use our lungs 50% capacity. |
| How to have fewer thoughts? Can we control our | | | | What to do? |
| thoughts? | | | | We must use our lungs properly. The only way to do |
| Yes we can control our thoughts. Mind without | | | | this is deep breathing. Even if you deepen your |
| thought is ultimate bliss and it is not issue here. We | | | | breathe by 10% you will increase your lung capacity |
| are concern with fewer and less thoughts. We want | | | | and you get more oxygen which is vital. Do some |
| clam mind and less chances for stress. | | | | deep breathing and feel your self how refreshing it is. |
| Breathing is the only way we will clam our mind. We | | | | Do it for five to ten minutes and you will be |
| can control our mind with breathing. You observe | | | | energized. |
| your breath and you will be feeling your breath only | | | | Do it now. Observe your breath. Take your attention |
| and not thinking anything for that moment. | | | | to tip of your nose and observe your breath. You |
| Our breathing effects stress | | | | feel breath through nostril to head to spine to |
| First let us know breathing. I say you do not know | | | | abdomen to base of spinal cord and back out of |
| how to breathe. | | | | nostril. |
| You are thinking now. | | | | Try to do this. If you observe breathe path then |
| This fellow is crazy. Since birth I am breathing and he | | | | thinking will slow down, you will feel only breathe. This |
| says I do not know how to breathe. | | | | will clam down your mind. It is really good. You do it |
| You are right we all breathe since birth. It is vital | | | | for only 10-11 breath and feel the peace of mind. |
| source for living. Without breath we will not survive. | | | | Do This Exercise |
| It is natural. It is almighty's design and we take it for | | | | Stress is more a reaction so it is very important we |
| granted. We are never serious about it. | | | | control such reactions. Through proper breathing we |
| In fact we are never serious about two basic life | | | | will be better equipped for that. |
| sources. One is this breathing and second is thinking. | | | | Let us do breathing process. |
| We consider them natural. We never think them as | | | | Simple you do |
| skills. | | | | Inhale and exhale |
| Think of various other activities. Speaking, reading, | | | | Inhale deep and exhale deep |
| listening, writing and list are long. All these are not | | | | While inhaling count mentally 1 to 4-6 slowly |
| basic life giving force and still we are conscious about | | | | While exhaling count mentally 1 to 8-10 slowly |
| them. You might have put efforts to gain such skills. | | | | Do ten cycles. You can count by fingers it will be |
| We consider them skills. We spend lot of money to | | | | easy. |
| sharpen such skills. | | | | Add auto suggestion |
| Breathing | | | | Tell mentally while inhaling 'I am healthy and happy' |
| Now think about our breathing. Does any school or | | | | Tell mentally while exhaling 'I am always stress free' |
| college teach us how to breathe? Do our parents | | | | This is simplest of deep breathing you can do. You |
| teach us how to breathe? | | | | can do yoga where you will learn more on breathing. |
| Most of us do breathing which is shallow breathing. | | | | How breathe effect stress? |
| Check your breathing right now. Take a breathe and | | | | Stress is basically imbalance. Imbalances at emotional |
| feel where it reaches. Your chest must be expanding. | | | | levels are to be dealt properly. |
| Put your palm on stomach it must be expanding also. | | | | Deep breathing you now know. With proper training |
| You should feel your breath reaches chest or | | | | and molding we can have very good stress relief and |
| stomach. It is good if it reaches stomach. Normally it | | | | even be always stress free. |