Breathe out the stress

Breaths bring calmness to body and mind. The rate of the breathing changes as we get stress. We generally take short and shallow breath when we are stressed, and muscles get tensed. We come across many situations where we feel tense in everyday of our life.  At time we do feel under pressure, nervous and anxious, there are situations where we feel angry and upset and so on.

 

To relax you, just sit in the comfortable pose, the meditative pose would be wonderful.  Concentrate in your breathing and become aware of the rhythm of your breath. Then after, gently inhale the deep breath through nostril and exhale from mouth.  As you take a slow long breath, you belly enlarges. And the belly contracts as you breathe out. Belly breathing is important to be calm and relaxed.  It can be performed anywhere. You would feel relaxed as you continue and repeat the long breath for few times as it is comfortable to you. Remember that your back is straight. You could close your eyes as appropriate. It would help you to be more aware of you breathing and concentrate.

 

Slowly become aware of your body and let the thoughts pass by. Scientific studies have shown that deliberately concentration and controlling breath can help to manage stress. It is not that all stress is bad stress. There is good and bad stress. During stress people often feel dryness in mouth and the muscles get tense. You could breath your stress out through deep breathing relaxation.