Perfect Poise, Perfect Life
Bring your body into balance and revolutionise your life
By Noel Kingsley
Publisher Hodder Mobius
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Breathing out
Most of us tend to under-breathe so we're deficient in oxygen and also not adequately eliminating toxins. Good efficient breathing oxygenates your blood supply to your whole body and will clear your skin, calm you down, whiten your eyes and shine your hair. If you live in a city you'd be excused for thinking that the air isn't good enough to breathe. But inefficient breathing will do more harm in the long run. To state the obvious, air is good stuff and I would bottle it if I knew how. By freeing up our breathing we can help ourselves think more clearly and function more effectively.
To stimulate your breathing and to calm you down, try the following:
Sit or stand upright and ‘think’ your neck loose. Without taking a special breath, breathe out quietly through your nose as much as you can to empty your lungs. Empty them completely, but avoid collapsing your posture. Stay upright.
When you have expelled as much air as you can, release the tension around your ribs to allow them to expand and just let the air come in naturally. Do not suck or sniff air in. Try to let it come in naturally without effort.
When you do this procedure well, you may find the air comes in, in two stages i.e. your lungs will replace what you expelled, then you may get a small amount extra. When you have completed this little procedure, breathe normally for two breaths then repeat the whole process again, up to 4-5 times.
Do not continue to breathe this way. It is simply an exercise to stimulate your breathing. If you feel dizzy or faint, stop immediately. Return to normal breathing afterwards.
