Do We Need to Breathe?

One of my treatments for a wound that would not heal was Oxygen Treatment. It is a therapy where your whole body is inserted into a chamber like they used to do for polio victims. It is pressurized and you take care of your ears while going down like a deep sea diver in which the oxygen is pressured into your cells and you are left there for an hour and half. Of course you don’t feel anything but after 50 treatments, I noticed my eyesight was better and my nails grew which they never do grow. Wow! I was delighted. But…..a few months after the wound was healed and my oxygen therapy was over, I was back in the past strength of contacts and had flimsy, peeling nails.

Went to a physical therapist as well as she was talking about deep breathing that we breathe too shallow and don’t get that oxygen deep in our lungs. Have you noticed when you get stressed or need to stop, how much better you feel when you take 3 or 4 deep, deep breathes! ?

Then I ran into an article in the paper talking about getting oxygen into our lungs. I am not into yoga, but when being still or trying to go to sleep, practicing deep breathing does relax you. The article was talking about oxygenating your muscles. If you breath out when you’re contracting the muscles and in when you’re relaxing. When running, hold your shoulders back and run with your back straight to make sure air gets into your lungs easily.

How do you know if you are breathing from your diaphragm deeply. Lie on your back on the floor and put your hand or book on your abdominal area. When breathing, the book or your hand should rise up.

Try this exercise for yourself. Sit up right in a comfortable chair, no music, close your eyes, try to exhale at the same count that you inhale. Do it five minutes every day, no exceptions. See how differently you feel after 21 days. I’m going to try this! Let me know if you try it and what your success is as well. (Article from DMN by Leslie Garcia.)