Have you ever notice how a baby breathe? If you observe a baby in sleeping, you will find that babies always take deep breaths. Normally their breathing is slow and the stomach raise when they inhale and flatten when they exhale. We also call it stomach breathing. In the contract, almost all adults breathe only by their lungs, or we call it normal breathing. In normal breathing, only 1/3 of our lungs are filled with fresh air. The other 2/3 is "recycled" air. Through deep breaths, we can increase the oxygen level in our blood. Since we know that the cell with less oxygen is less active and this leads to aging. When we taking deep breaths, oxygen level increase, aging process is delayed.
The way of breathing is also important in meditation. This is the reason why. Human brains are always emitting low frequency electromagnetic wave; it is also named as brain wave. There is a branch of science that recoding and researching the brain wave. So far, brain wave can be divided into 6 stages; Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Mu. The one stage which we need to know here is alpha wave. In normal circumstances, human brain will produced alpha wave only during deep relaxations or sleep. While we are taking deep breaths, our brain can produce alpha wave.
The way of breathing is also important in meditation. This is the reason why. Human brains are always emitting low frequency electromagnetic wave; it is also named as brain wave. There is a branch of science that recoding and researching the brain wave. So far, brain wave can be divided into 6 stages; Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Mu. The one stage which we need to know here is alpha wave. In normal circumstances, human brain will produced alpha wave only during deep relaxations or sleep. While we are taking deep breaths, our brain can produce alpha wave.
Here is a simple breathing exercise for everyone. Sit down in any position you are comfortable with and close your eyes. When you take deep breathes, inhale as much as you can and hold for 4 second. Then, exhale slowly. Repeat this. Just for a while, you will find that deep breathing is effortless. Please remember to concentrate on your breathing. You can have some natural music on if you like. Many thoughts will come to you when you try to quiet down. This is normal. Concentration to breathe can only be trained over time.
Breathing is simple yet very important. We cannot live even 5 minutes without breathing. Try to take some times off every day to do the breathing exercise. Let's think this is the time to relax. Just have sometimes for you and yourself. Sometimes you maybe have some surprising improvement in your mind and health.
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