Deep Breathing Gives You a Healthy Glow — and More!

You’re breathing. But are you breathing well?

If the answer is yes, you’re enhancing your health, lowering your blood pressure, reducing your stress and giving your complexion a healthy, rosy glow.

Unfortunately, lots of people don’t breath properly. And when we’re under stress – which is often  — we tend to breathe more shallowly and may even hold our breath. This depletes our heart, brain and other organs of life-giving oxygen.

The solution? Simply practice deep breathing. Here’s how:

1. Sit comfortably with your shoulders relaxed.

2. Inhale through your nose, allowing your abdomen to rise rather than pulling your shoulders upward. This allows a fuller, more natural breath. Count to five as you inhale.

3. Now, exhale through your nose, again counting to five. Fell your lungs deflate, pushing out what is now stale carbon dioxide. Pause for two seconds at the end of your exhalation, and begin again for a fresh breath of air.

Repeat 5-10 times to feel better and be healthier. Couldn’t be easier!