A Simple, Effective Way To Calm Your Body And Mind
Looking for a simple, healthy way to help you get through the day? Try breathing exercises – a natural and effective way to reduce stress, maintain focus and feel energized. The key part is the out-breath. Exhaling completely is a useful practice that is especially easy to learn – it can promote deeper breathing and better health. Give it a try: Simply take a deep breath, let it out effortlessly and then squeeze out a little extra.
Doing this regularly will help build up the muscles between your ribs, and your exhalations will soon become deeper and longer. Start by performing this exhalation exercise consciously, and before long it will become a healthy, unconscious habit.
Another way of promoting deep breathing, especially exhalation, is to have balloons handy and regularly blow them up throughout the day. This practice will force you to take big breaths and big exhales and has been shown to promote a stress relief.
Don’t miss next Saturday’s Tip, where we discuss other remedies for stress relief.
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