Deep Breathing - How It Can Simultaneously Improve Health And
Bring You Closer To Your Goals
I hope by reading this article you will see the value of being
aware of your breath and also how it can have the potential to
not only improve your internal health but also give you an
instantly accessible tool to help you focus on those goals and
ambitions you have been putting off. Be sure to try the simple
exercise below also to get you started on developing your
awareness of how (and where) you breathe.
Not so long ago (well, about six or seven years actually!) I did
not give the way I breathed a second thought. In fact,
everything I based my physical training upon was external in
nature. I lifted weights and focused on bigger muscles, the
latest shakes to add a few calories, and in all honesty was
quite a shallow person. I lived day to day with no clear vision
of where I was headed. I knew I enjoyed competing in martial
arts and was interested in fitness but that was about it.
To cut a long story a little shorter I started feeling ill.
Tiredness pervaded my body, I had glandular fever and was
diagnosed with a liver disorder that slowed down the way in
which my liver processed that which I ingested. I could not
train for a number of months and felt very dejected. It was then
I began looking for more internal methods to train while I
recovered. While researching breathing methods it was as if a
light clicked on in my mind. I began thinking of working from
the inside out.
You may be wondering what sort of exercises I started using so
below is one of the first I learnt, and applied, for you to try
and benefit from. Perform it ten times with focus and feel it