Increased stress, hurried lifestyle, lacking physical activity and even the use and advancement of technology in the lives has made everyone habitual to shallow breathing. This has negative impact on the body and thus, reduces life span of humans. Being conscious while breathing aids in deep and lengthy breaths. It increases the oxygen amount which reaches the cells of the body, enhances cellular oxidization as well as offer nourishment to every body cell. This gives relaxation and energy to the body.
Deep breathing includes lengthened exhalation that aids in getting rid of harmful toxic substances and deoxygenated air from the lungs. Following are some benefits of deep breathing:
Benefits of Deep Breathing:
- Improves Assimilation and Digestion: Deep breathing aids to enhance assimilation and digestion of food. Digestive organs such as stomach get good amounts of oxygen and thus, works very effectively. Cellular digestion rate improves if sufficient amount of oxygen is supplied to the cells.
- Removes toxins: Breathing deeply increases the quantity of oxygen reaching the body cells and lungs as well. This enhances the blood flowing quality in the blood vessels. This assists in flushing out toxins from the body.
- Beneficial to the Nervous system: Increase in oxygen supple to the cells enhances the overall health of the nervous system, which includes nerves, brain, spinal cord and nerve centers. Human brain needs more oxygen when compared to other body parts. If high amounts of oxygen is supplied to the brain, it aids in maintaining healthy body.
- For skin: Deep breathing aids in enhancing the skin, makes it smoother and reduces aging effect.
- Good for endocrine system: This deep breathing technique assists in rejuvenating endocrine glands, specifically the pineal glands and pituitary glands.
- For respiratory system: Deep breathing makes the lungs powerful and healthy. This aids in preventing the respiratory problems such as bronchitis and asthma.
- For heart: Slow and deep breathing decreases and eases the stress on the heart. Hence, heart becomes strong and can work efficiently as well as lasts longer. Practicing deep breathing regularly lowers blood pressure as well as occurrence of heart attacks and strokes.
- Helps to maintain an ideal weight: People with obese should perform deep breathing exercises as it offers excess oxygen to the body. This method aids in burning excess fat in the body very effectively. In thin and underweight people, excessive oxygen nourishes the starving tissues, glands and cells with enough food. Practicing deep breathing exercises regularly aids in obtaining an ideal body weight.
