Beat Stress With Yogic Breathing

In today’s competitive world, stress and anxiety is something you just cannot avoid. Whether you are going to a meeting with your supervisor tomorrow, have your CAT examinations tomorrow or just a prospective mother.

You always come across that peculiar feeling where you just don’t know what you want and what you will do. You are just so confused and helpless. To be very honest, being too much under stress, not only impedes your daily performance but also lead to serious psychological and physical implications over the time. At this point, you need to get yourself centered and invigorate yourself once again to be your best self.

And the best way to do that, as a yoga instructor or a yogi will tell you, is to practice yogic breathing. Proper breathing makes us inhale the life force, thus enriching our whole being (physically, mentally and spiritually). In fact, the best way to reduce stress and get you out of the abysmal whirlpool of depression is yogic breathing. It has been followed since time immemorial and has always proved to make the life better for the humans.

So, how to do yogic breathing? The most two basic types of the normal yogic breathing are as follows.

You can just sit in a comfortable place, close your eyes and watch the breathing. At first, you will find your thoughts wandering here and there. Don’t fight with yourself or beat yourself up that you cannot control it. Just relax and drag it back to your breathing pattern once again. After a few days of practice, you will notice that you can do it much easily now.

Next is the diaphragmatic breathing. Every child or animal normally breathes through its stomach or abdomen. But sometimes, when we are in pressure situation, we are likely to breathe through our chest. The trouble with that is it doesn’t fill doesn’t your lungs to its full capacity and thus, doesn’t proffer our body with the maximum amount of oxygen it is meant to use.

In breathing techniques, you lie down, sit or stand (as long as your spine is straight, it’s ok), and take in as much as air as you can. You need to feel as if your belly is like a balloon. When the air comes in, it feels the bottom and then works its way up. When you exhale, exhale forcefully, following the reverse process.

Another one is the lion roaring where you have to scrunch your face, roll up your eyes, stick out your tongue, and you have to roar like a lion. Keep roaring until you feel GOOD. This is not a yogic breathing in the true sense but it sure works.

Practice this. You will get relief from stress!