The benefits of a proper breathing

Inhale, exhale: now again, but better. Meet all the improvements that good breathing can offer your body.

Because it is an automatic function of our body, don’t reflect much about breathing. Although neglected, we should pay more attention to it. Due to stress, to wrong postures and other bad habits, most of us do not breathe properly, preventing us from reaping the benefits of this vital act. Breathing the right way can positively influence our physical and mental health, by bringing important benefits.

In a proper breathing, air must be inhaled through the nose and not through the mouth, an error makes by most people. The process of heating and purification of air occurs in the nostrils and, when we breathe through the mouth, the chance of our lungs to receive toxic substances and germs increases.

Breathing correctly is very important for our body: it lowers blood pressure, the levels of stress are reduced, the body becomes more oxygenated and more than 80% of the toxins are eliminated. It also provides greater oxygenation of the cells and tissues of our body.

According to the specialist Décio Mino, in an interview to the website starbem.com, we breathe on average 18 times a minute. That number should be reduced to six times per minute, at least for a period of 10 to 15 minutes a day, through the practice of breathing exercises.

When we breathe slowly and deeply, our chest expands and the receivers that operate on the nervous system are stimulated, narrowing the blood vessels and the increasing endorphins production rate. Who breathe in slowly, filling the lungs of air, gets a contrasting tranquility in relation to short and rapid breathing, characteristic of anxiety states: It is not for nothing that in difficult or great agitation times, we are advised to breathe slowly and deeply

Our sleep, mood, heart, brain, muscles and nervous system are adversely affected by an incorrect breathing. On the contrary, if you care to pay attention to the way you breathe, you will feel more energy, less anxiety and enjoy a better health.