Women’s Health: Five Breathing Techniques You Should Learn

We offer you to master five basic breathing techniques that will help you improve women’s health and stay in shape 365 days a year.

If you suddenly feel pain in your heart or you have tachycardia (increased heart rate), an exercise developed by yoga practitioner David Mangon from Nepal Medical Center. This exercise will help lower your blood pressuredue to which speeds up the pulse), will normalize the heart rate and calm the parasympathetic nervous system, thereby easing the pain attack.

— Sit on a chair and cross your legs. Close your eyes;

— Close the right nostril with the thumb of the right hand;

— Exhale deeply through the left nostril for 6 seconds;

— Then close the left nostril and exhale slowly through the right nostril for 6 seconds;

— Without opening the left nostril, inhale through the right nostril for 6 seconds;

— After, close the right nostril and exhale through the left for 6 seconds;

— Repeat the exercise for 2nd minutes.

Breathing techniques help relieve anxiety and stress. What is very important, for example, before a responsible event:

— sit on a chair and try to relax;

— inhale deeply through the nose and exhale slowly through the mouth;

— inhaling, say the word «stress» in your mind, exhaling, say — «leaves». This technique stimulates the vagal nerve, which is the center of the parasympathetic nervous system. Thanks to this exercise, breathing normalizes and becomes free, excitement decreases, and the brain relaxes.

This exercise dilates blood vessels, at the same time nasal congestion is removed, and swelling of the mucous membrane subsides.

— Sit comfortably in a chair;

— Inhale deeply through the nose;

— Exhaling through your nose, imitate how a bumblebee buzzes (you should feel the vibration in your nose, chest, and head). Do the exercise for 10 minutes.

Once a month, do this tantric exercise, developed by Terry Orbuch, a psychologist at Michigan Research University, with your boyfriend or lover:

It doesn’t matter if you’re dressed or naked. Sit opposite each other

— Touch foreheads tightly, close your eyes and begin to breathe in unison;

— Exercise should be done within two minutes. Synchronizing the breathing of partners creates strong energy in a couple, and helps to gain mutual understanding.

A little breathing exercise will help you energize for the whole day, better than a big cup of coffee.

— Sit as you like with a straight back, relax;

— Breathe through your nose as often as possible;

You should feel tension in your neck, chest and abdomen muscles

If you are a beginner, do this exercise for no more than 15 seconds the first time, and increase the duration of the workout by 5 seconds each time. The main thing is to do this exercise every day.