How to do abdominal breathing correctly

The health of breathing is directly related to whether our life can continue. Therefore, it is important to maintain normal respiratory function so that the body can remain in a relatively healthy state. Many people think that breathing does not require any special training because it is something that we are born with. This is a very wrong idea. Breathing exercises can improve our respiratory function. So what is the correct way to do abdominal breathing? Let us introduce it below.

The so-called abdominal breathing method refers to a breathing method in which the abdomen bulges when inhaling and compresses the abdomen to make it concave when exhaling. The correct abdominal breathing method is: start to inhale by using your whole body force. At this time, your lungs and abdomen will be filled with air and inflate, but you cannot stop yet. You still have to use all your strength to continue inhaling, regardless of whether you have inhaled air or not, just keep inhaling. Then hold your breath for 4 seconds, your body will feel tense, and then use 8 seconds to slowly exhale. Exhale slowly, long and without interruption. After doing the above method several times, you will not feel sad, but will feel a comfortable pleasure. In fact, by measuring brain waves during breathing, we can know that the alpha waves are loudest at the moment when we hold our breath when we inhale, and that alpha waves continue to appear when we exhale. In other words, holding your breath can make alpha waves more likely to appear.

When doing abdominal breathing, the body will produce a substance called prostaglandin, which can eliminate active nutrients and dilate blood vessels. When you do abdominal breathing and move your diaphragm, it will penetrate into the blood vessels and lymphatic vessels from the cells, remove active toxins and promote blood circulation. In addition, abdominal breathing can stimulate the internal organs of the abdomen through the rhythm of breathing. This stimulation is transmitted to the brain through the nerves as a self-regulating signal of a gentle breathing rhythm. After receiving this stimulation, the brain enters the alpha state.

People rely on breathing to survive. If breathing stops, people will die immediately. Breathing is so important that it is almost equal to life. Only people who breathe have vitality. However, most people only use shallow breathing (chest breathing), so only 1/3 of the lungs are used, and the other 2/3 of the lungs are filled with old air. If you breathe using abdominal breathing (conscious breathing), your lungs can be fully utilized. Abdominal breathing allows the body to fully utilize the air it breathes while also taking in more oxygen. In this way, it can not only purify the blood, but also promote the activation of brain cells.

Good breathing is done "slowly" with awareness, and "deep" breathing is also very important. In other words, breathing slowly and deeply while being conscious is one of the most effective ways to create alpha waves. Abdominal breathing can keep brain waves below 12 Hz. In terms of brain physiology, this is the time when alpha waves are most likely to appear. At the same time, it can increase the secretion of the hormone endorphin in the brain, which helps the development of creativity.

The most important thing in meditation is breathing method. If you fail to master the correct breathing method, you cannot achieve deep meditation consciousness. Therefore, it can be said that the breathing method will determine the success of meditation.

The correct abdominal breathing methods are those introduced above. If you want to use abdominal breathing to exercise your body, you can use the methods introduced above. There are many benefits of abdominal breathing, which can increase lung capacity and reduce the occurrence of lung infections. It can also greatly help gastrointestinal function and liver and gallbladder function.