Popular Breathing Exercises And Their Benefits

“Self-control is power. The right mind is mastery. Calmness is power.”

James Allen

Breathing exercise is the best technique to reduce stress, anxiety and to cure several health issues. This can help you to relax and to control your negative emotions and thoughts. Breathing exercise also used to effectively utilize the law of attraction and to manifest your desires instantly.

If you want to achieve success and happiness in your life then you need to have control of your emotions. The calm and composed personality help you to attract positive energy. Breathing exercise is recommended by trainers and guides if you want to relieve stress and to enhance self-love and compassion.

There are different types of breathing techniques, each has its own purpose. In the article, we will share some popular breathing exercises and their benefits.

Popular breathing exercises

You should spare some time to practise breathing exercise. It will help you to stay calm, to control your emotions and to manifest instantly. Some of the popular breathing exercises are given below.

Focus breathing

One of the most popular techniques of relaxation exercise is the breath focus technique. In this exercise, you need to select a comfortable place to sit and then close your eye and take normal breaths.

Next, start taking deep breaths (from the abdomen) and pay complete attention to specific words or phrases that make you happy (repeat them in your mind). Practice this technique daily for about 10 minutes, you can increase the session up to 20 minutes with the passage of time.

Deep breathing

Deep breathing exercise is extremely beneficial for short breaths and stress issues. It makes you more calm and relaxed. You can practice this exercise by sitting or standing. You need to take deep breaths to apply this technique, inhale air through nostrils and hold it up to 5 seconds then exhale it through your mouth slowly. This will help you in your daily routine to calm your nerves.

Morning breathing

Morning breathing exercise is recommended to practice at early morning to relax and to relieve the muscle stiffness. To practice this technique, bend forward from your waist so that your arms point towards your foot.

Inhale air slowly, and stand straight by holding air. Then exhale it when you return back to the previous position (bending). Focus on your breathing, you will feel more active and relaxed after this exercise.

4-7-8 breathing

This is also an exquisite breathing technique that helps you to manifest faster during meditation visualization. You can use it to reduce stress, for sleep disorders, mood swings and to treat anger issues.

This is a rhythmic exercise, to practice it, sit in a comfortable position and place your tongue behind the top front of your teeth.  Next, inhale air through nostrils for 4 seconds, hold air for 7 seconds and then exhale it through your mouth for 8 seconds. Repeat these steps 3-5 times, you will surely notice its benefits after a few days or weeks.

Equal breathing

Equal breathing exercise is another powerful technique that can help you relax and to reduce stress and anxiety. As the name says, in equal breathing, there is an equal distribution of time during inhalation and exhalation of air.

The balance and steadiness in the breath help you create balance and serenity in your nature and it is a great tool to control your emotions. You can practice equal breathing in a sitting position.

In this exercise, you inhale and exhale air through your nose by maintaining a rhythm of 3 to 5 seconds and repeat the phrase that you want to attract in your life. You can practice it for up to 5 minutes during your activities or with your meditation exercise.

Benefits of breathing exercises

There are several benefits of breathing exercises. Some of them are mentioned below

Reduce stress

Deep breathing exercises can play a significant role to combat stress issues. It is a great way to reduce anxiety, frustration and anger. The practice makes you calm, relaxed and a bright person. After breathing exercise, due to the surplus supply of oxygen to your muscles and brain, you feel more active and lively.

Improve performance

Only 5 minutes of breathing exercise during meditation or before your daily activities can improve your performance in the tasks. You will see betterment in your learning abilities and cognitive thinking. The exercise improves your blood flow and increases the amount of oxygen in your body which boosts up your energy level during daily tasks.

Help to treat sleep disorders

Breathing exercise before going to bed can help extremely beneficial, it can also help you to treat your sleep disorders. It does not only improves the blood flow of your body but also helps you to take a deep and relaxed sleep.  

Natural healer

It is extremely beneficial if you want to cure inflammatory disorders, digestion issues or other health problems. As breathing exercise helps to reduce stress which alleviates the production of stress hormone in your body. As result, it strengthens your immune system and balances your hormonal level. This helps in fast and steady recovery from various health issues.

Summary

Breathing exercise is a spectacular way to relieve stress, anxiety and other health issues. The relaxation exercise makes you calm and helps to control your emotions. There are different types of breathing exercises, each has its own benefits. Some of the popular breathing techniques are focus breathing, morning breathing, equal breathing, 4-7-8 breathing and deep breathing.

They can help you to deal with stress, anger issue, to improve performance in daily activities and to cure diseases. You can practice breathing exercise whenever you get spare time or with your meditation practice.

– Ariella Cash
“Manifesting Expert” at HowToManifestNow.com