The breath is one of the most important things in Yoga. Breathing regulates your state of mind, your emotions, your concentration, etc.

Breathing affects our emotional state, concentration, stress level and sleeping patterns.  Learning to breathe the right way will help us be healthier, calmer and able to handle more stressful life situations.  Plus it makes you feel better!!!

The right way to breath is pushing the abdomen out while inhaling, and let it come back in while exhaling.

HOW TO BREATHE PROPERLY

The diaphragm it’s the membrane that separates the lungs from the stomach. When we breathe in our lungs get fill up with air pushing the diaphragm down which makes the abdomen come out. In the exhalation the abdomen comes back in unconsciously. It doesn’t have any other way to go.

To be sure you breathe correctly; you must divide the breath in three parts; lower abdomen, middle abdomen, and chest.

When inhaling, first fill up with air the lower abdomen, then the middle abdomen, and last the chest. When exhaling, the air in the chest goes out first, then the air in the middle abdomen, and last the air in the lower abdomen. Physically pushing the abdomen out when inhaling, and in when exhaling, although when done correctly there is no need to push the abdomen in. It’s done without effort. It doesn’t have any other way to go but in.

It’s the same way when we fill up a glass of water (inhaling). The first thing to be fill up is the bottom of the glass (lower abdomen), then the middle part of the glass (the middle abdomen), and the last thing will be the top of the glass (chest). When drinking the glass of water (exhaling). First we drink the water in the top (chest), and second, the middle part of the glass (the middle abdomen), and last the water in the bottom (lower abdomen).

For most of the people, due to society pressures, it’s just the exactly opposite way. The studies show that around 40% of the people breathe incorrectly. Breathing this way for long periods of time will develop in future different illness.

Just consciously breathing forcing the abdomen out in the inhalation for around tree times it be naturally picking up by your body.

The brain follows the breath. If you are able to breathe from 1 to 4 times per minute it’s said you’ll experience what is called the meditative state. Inhale and exhale its one.  It’s not about holding the breath in or out. It’s about to breath long and deep. Very slowly, using the full capacity of the lungs, and exhaling completely.

The best way to do it its built it up little by little. The lungs capacity starts to expand, and as a consequence your mind gets calmer, more balance, can concentrate better and take better decisions.

The magic starts when you master the exhalation. It seems that during the inhalation the mind it’s calmer and one can hold the breath longer without struggles, but during the exhalation there is a natural urge to expel the breath out to inhale again the sooner the better. When this natural tendency is calm down, and the person it’s able to peace itself, the person can access to hire states of consciousness.