Breathing properly can reduce your stress levels, improve your workouts and boost your immunity to infections and illnesses. Poor breathing can lead to panic attacks and even conditions like insomnia and depression.
To find out if you are breathing properly:
1) Lie flat on your back, stand up straight, or sit up straight in a chair.
2) Place your hand just below your ribs, on your abdomen.
3) Breathe as you normally do.
Notice: Does your hand on your abdominal area rise? Or does your upper chest rise? (You may even feel your shoulders rise slightly.)
If your abdomen rises and your chest stays relatively flat, you are breathing properly.
If your abdomen barely moves and your chest rises, you are not breathing properly and need to practice some breathing exercises
To find out if you are breathing properly:
1) Lie flat on your back, stand up straight, or sit up straight in a chair.
2) Place your hand just below your ribs, on your abdomen.
3) Breathe as you normally do.
Notice: Does your hand on your abdominal area rise? Or does your upper chest rise? (You may even feel your shoulders rise slightly.)
If your abdomen rises and your chest stays relatively flat, you are breathing properly.
If your abdomen barely moves and your chest rises, you are not breathing properly and need to practice some breathing exercises
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