Just imagine how long can you survive if choked in a chamber devoid of oxygen? Even a burning candle extinguishes when placed in a closed chamber. Oxygen is the source of life. Every metabolic process in our body needs power and the power is generated by burning glucose and for that our cells require oxygen. Maximizing your oxygen intake can help your body get fresh energy to heal the ailments and offer a new life.
Benefits of healthy breathing
- Our body is a perfect machine and is capable enough to work efficiently if given proper raw material at the proper time. Apart from nutrition and water, oxygen is one of the most important raw materials required by the body every second to generate energy for every function of our body. Lower oxygen level slows or even hampers the functions of the body and at the same time higher oxygen levels increases and assists proper body functioning. Healthy breathing keeps us energetic.
- With the metabolic processes in action toxins are continuously formed in our body. Oxygenated blood helps to get rid of these toxins and keeps us healthy. Reduced toxin levels also are good for your kidneys and liver.
- The digestion of food increases with increased oxygen levels and it also helps proper assimilation of food.
- Brain is the organ that requires maximum oxygen for its proper functioning. It requires almost three times more oxygen than the rest of the body. Even when the body is at rest our brain keeps on functioning and for that a proper oxygen supply boosts the functioning of the brain.
- Skin also glows and shines if our body is rich in oxygen.
- By practicing deep breathing, we exercise our internal organs like stomach, small intestines, pancreas and liver.
- Our heart with oxygenated blood also performs at its best. More oxygen in the blood also helps keep the heart healthy.
- Proper breathing exercise also keeps our lungs healthy and strong. A healthy lung increases our survival and keeps our lungs free from respiratory infections like bronchitis.
- Healthy breathing helps the body to relax and thus relieves stress on the body and mind. Healthy breathing is also seen to relieve depression in many patients.
- A slow healthy breathing exercise helps to increase the lung capacity and with a deep inhalation the surface area of the lungs increases and there is more contact between the air inhaled and the circulating blood. Slow and deep breathing creates a profound pressure difference in the lungs which helps increase the blood circulation and thus giving our heart some rest. This helps to increase the life of our heart.
- Healthy breathing is not just a useful exercise for your physical health but also helps to maintain a good mental health. During slow breathing exercise when you focus on your breath your mind disconnects itself from the outer world, therefore it helps in relieving stress. This also leaves a positive impact on your heart.
