First Aid - Breathing Properly:

It sounds strange but we have to learn to breath properly. Meaning that one MUST Exhale Completely; if one wants to use its Maximum Strength. A breathing control is aimed towards our ways to Exhale and Not about inhaling.One rebuilds his strength much better by Exhaling properly than by trying to force his air intake.

If you do any hard work, or walk fast or you are digging, your OUTPUT will INCREASE if you apply yourself by SLOWLY, EXHALING by pushing All the air out of your lungs.Opera singers, swimmers and runners know this trick. For example if you get into a cold shower, you have the tendency to breath faster and to tense your muscles which only aggravates your torture.If on the other hand you try to exhale slowly and regularly you will be much surprised to notice the Little effect that this cold water has upon you. Ahhh Right! This is because a Slow Exhalation helps your body to adapt itself to this change.

STRESS CONTROL & BREATHING & TO AVOID OR MINIMISE PANIC OR ANXIETY ATTACK:
A attentive control on your respiration & especially of your timing contributes to your stress control in any moments of tension, stress or concentration. Most of us breath only half way.

We breath incorrectly since we don't have much choice but where we make the mistake is we don't exhale properly, meaning that we don't do it deeply enough. Thus we often sigh which is a sign warning us of a Need for a Deep Exhalation.

A sigh is a natural mean used by our body to exhale completely once we have neglected to do so under Stress Just REMEMBER in your past when there was a deep stress and after that moment was over you felt the deer need for a full exhalation. So one MUST learn to sigh methodically. Any blockage brought to your breathing system provokes deep pains! So any amelioration will be beneficial to your body & mind The more one exhale air the more one is able to inhale. So the increasing of your capacity is the goal of any respiratory discipline.

To take a conscious hold of your exhalation is the # 1 factor. What we MUST strive for is to make it an habit.

BREATHING BEFORE ANY TASK!:
Exhale Deeply before undertaking Any Task. You will thus facilitate the climbing of a long stairs. Exercise yourself to breath in during 2 steps and to exhale during the next 2 steps. But you MUST Exhale Completely Before! climbing the first step.

BREATHING TO FIGHT COLD!:
6 DEEP EXHALATIONS will sustain and Increase your Resistance when you will have to fight against a "Deep 6!" winter wind. In any Harsh or Boring circumstances where Stress puts a grip on you, Exhale Slowly thus you will Recharge your Nervous System. Hummm!

BREATHING CONTROL EXERCISES:
To help you along in this new technique, try reading out loud is a good exercise. Take an article and read on one breath as much as you can without effort. Do this a dozen time the first day. Count the words and start over the next day, this way you can measure your improvement. Another exercise is to count. Sit down comfortably, your back straight, inhale slowly and regularly counting to 4, pause for 1 second then exhale till you reach 12, the next time inhale till 5 & exhale till 15. Keep it up this way and measure your progress. Once you have reached 21 you will notice that the fact of humming a song will help you enormously in limiting the quantity of air you exhale.

These exercise will bring much good to your overall well being and will change many of your regular habits. A conscious breathing also brings a conscious acting or behaving. You will notice that it is impossible to slump in a coach and still breath effectively. All one has to do is to get his shoulder blades as close together as possible to feel your lungs getting to work at their best. After a while these exercise will become second nature for an overall better well being. It could even help you cutting down on smoking by reducing the stress overall! Just REMEMBER: " DEEP 6 "