Why deep breathing is better for your health than you think

When we breathe deeply, expand our lungs as much as possible and are actively working diaphragm. Why this is important (especially for adults), we tell in this article.

In fact, when talking about deep breathing, it should be understood literally: the air must go down into the lowest parts of the lungs. It's about diaphragmatic breathing when the lungs are expanded to the maximum.

A brief excursion into the anatomy

Aperture - domed muscle which serves as a partition between the thoracic and abdominal cavities (green line in the picture below).

Thanks to this arrangement, the diaphragm can significantly change the position of the internal organs.

On the inhale, when the diaphragm contracts, it frees up space for the lungs so that they can expand (respiratory function). In this case, the heart and kidneys move down, returning to its original upper position during exhalation. This movement is important to the internal organs, as improves blood circulation (cardiovascular function), and thus tissue nutrition and waste removal.

Aperture also plays an important role in the promotion of food through the esophagus (the motor-digestive function).

The movement of the diaphragm affects all the surrounding organs: with each deep breath you like doing them a massage. Diaphragmatic muscle and supports the spine.

Here is a brief and capacious description the aperture value to humans.

Diaphragmatic muscle, although it occupies little space, plays an essential role in the functioning of the body: breathing with the maximum volume of the lungs, forming the posture, the blood supply to organs, the proper operation of the pelvic organs, as well as cervical spine and trigeminal nerve. Aperture effect on the circulatory and lymphatic systems. It controls the whole body.

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Problem

As a child, when we run, jump, shout, sing, aperture receives a variety of load and functioning perfectly. But with age, life becomes less mobile, and we - more restrained in the manifestation of emotions. Tone aperture decreases. In adults, the normal range of its displacement (12-15 centimeters) is usually reduced by half or even more.

Decision

Aperture - it's just muscle tone over which you can work. Here are a couple of simple exercises.

1. Focus on belly

Put one hand on his chest and the other on your stomach and breathe deeply as possible so that inspiratory inflated stomach, chest and did not change its position. Make 10 to 20 breaths. If you are accustomed to breathe only the breast, at first it will be difficult not to displace the chest, but this skill is developed rather quickly - as soon as you feel the diaphragm well.

2. Attention to the chest

Take a deep breath breast so that the stomach was completely blown away. On the exhale, squeeze the stomach even more and make new breath, tightening the abdominal muscles to the spine. On the next exhale, relax. Repeat 10 times.

Of the additional bonuses of aperture you get a strong voice that will give you much more confident appearance and increase self-esteem.