Here are 4 simple breathing exercises that can truly energise you. . This is one of the special ways that you can actually get more energy by doing less than you normally do. Natural breathing is the usually the best breath for most people to practice during most exercise. In that way you can concentrate on doing your exercise without having to worry about breathing. If, however, you are doing something very simple and relaxing such as lying down or sitting, then you can take the time to do specific breathing exercises. Essentially, there are two types of breathing exercises. One type of breathing exercise, which is commonly taught in many physical training activities including many modern yoga classes, can benefit your physical body by improving the strength and flexibility of your muscles of breathing. Another type of breathing exercise that I wish to share with you here is breathing for increasing energy. This type of breathing is designed to increase the amount of oxygen entering your cells. In these four breathing exercises the trick is to breathe as little as you comfortably can in order to build up carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide has the important role in your body of being able to signal the red blood cells to give the oxgen they carry to your body cells. If there is not enough carbon dioxide in your body then red blood cells tend to retain their oxygen and not release it into your cells. This is called the Bohr-effect. When you get oxygen into your cells you have the possibility of making 18 times as much energy for every glucose molecule of ‘fuel’ you ‘burn’. The four simplest breathing exercises (apart from relaxed natural breathing) are as follows: *** 1. Inhalation emphasis breathing: make a really long slow inhale and then a short natural breath out. *** 2. Inhalation retention emphasis breathing: Make a gentle full breath in, and then hold your breath in as long as you comfortably can, and then a short natural breath out. *** 3. Exhalation emphasis breathing: Make a gentle full breath in, and then breathe out as slowly as possible for as long as it is comfortably possible. *** 4. Exhalation retention emphasis breathing: Make a gentle full breath in over 3-5 seconds, then a short full breath out about the same length, and then hold your breath out as long as you comfortably can. This practice is designed to give you the energetic benefits of breathing exercises by building up carbon dioxide. Increasing carbon dioxide in your body with these exercises will: *** Bring more blood to your brain and heart (vasodilation) *** Allow more oxygen to enter your body via your lungs (bronchodilation) *** Increase oxygen uptake into your cells, which can increase your energy levels to 18 times as much *** Calm your nervous system and reduce stress Increase digestion of food by stimulating hydrochloric acid levels *** Reduce your appetite for heavy, processed and acidic food. These exercises are a simple effective way to increase your health and longevity, that we have successfully taught to thousands of people around the world over the last 30 years. You can find the rest of this course at http://simonborgolivier.com/breath-training-for-health-and-longevity/

• published: 30 Sep 2015
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