FOCUS YOUR BREATH,

Focus Your Mind

Maria Plengsangtip

Partner & Consultant Psychologist

B.Soc.Sci (Hons), M.Arts in Applied Psychology

Work on Breathing to Unleash Your Power

Life starts with the first breath and

finishes with the last breath.

We exist in between. To live means to breathe and to breathe means to live. This is a link-manifestation of mind/spirit, which resides in us, as the most immaterial element in our life. For this purpose, breathing is the standard and rational foundation for meditation, the effort to "enter in life." Breathing is the gateway to the cultivation of true consciousness. We were born to stay in this world for a long time and breathing is one form of encouraging health and quality of life. It recharges vitality and lets you perform, work, play and relax more. Even becoming mindful of it, children are breathing masters, but we lost that natural way of breathing somewhere along the journey and reminding that natural way of your breathing is something very important to empower physical potential as well as your inner self.

Physical Well-being

Reduction of tension through breathing is as crucial for well-being in modern life as in ancient times. The pressures of contemporary life and the pressure of COVID-19 trigger negative feelings like fear, dissatisfaction, rage and stress. Stress further accelerates physical health deterioration triggered by coronary disease, obesity, inflammation and immune failure. The regular breathing exercise can reverse discomfort, counteract the development of disease and increase the overall quality of life. In addition to its physical effect, stress is often spiritual.

Breathe: The Route to Inner Power

And so, it can contribute to the building up of emotional barriers that choke off our potential for affection, sympathy, and intimacy. Breathing techniques coupled with self-reflection will open the metal casing around the heart, allowing us to reconnect with love feelings and optimistic emotions within ourselves and in our relationships

Side Effects of Poor Breathing

Your body's well-being is mirrored in your breathing. Imperfect breathing raises the chance of several diseases and issues.

1

COGNITIVE ISSUES

Unbalanced oxygen and a poor breathing style make it impossible to focus and induce concentration difficulties.

2

EMOTIONAL HEALTH

Sluggish, irregular breathing aggravates both stress and anxiety.

3

DISCOMFORT

It's going to be worse if it's already in physical pain when you breathe poorly.

4

BACK PROBLEM

If it is a cervical spine, lower back or neck and shoulders issue, it actually impacts the spine's well-being if you are not breathing correctly.

5

LOSS OF ENERGY

Poor breathing limits the capacity of the body to provide cells with oxygen. The cells get stressed results in loss of energy.

6

HYPERTENSION

Hypertension can lead to suboptimal breathing. The blood arteries are narrowed when you respire poorly, which can contribute to higher blood pressure and making the heart more challenging to function.

7

DIGESTIVE DIFFICULTIES

You will be able to deal with symptoms such as constipation, bloating, gas, heartburn and irritable bowel syndrome without proper breathing.

How to Breathe Properly

Proper breathing is one of the most taken for granted natural processes we do. In certain circumstances, taken for granted, this becomes a cause for us to suffer from injuries or activate multiple diseases. To breathe properly is a way that helps not only to eliminate stress but keep us physically fit and the target is an easy one. Learn how to relax by pushing the breathing down to the bottom of your body. Perhaps it isn't always that simple, but you will see results fast as you decide which muscles to use and how to get them as powerful as possible. The truth is, your chest is the safest ventilation. The lower section of your ribs shifts, your abdomen rises, your sides rise and sometimes your back extends. Here are some effecting breathing tips for you to follow:

  • Sitting in the right posture
  • Breathing from the nose and exhaling from your mouth
  • Practice slow and deep breaths
  • Avoid breathing in and out in the same turn
  • Take deep breaths and avoid low breathing

Deep Breathing

Deep breathing enhances the blood's oxygen and the brain's oxygenated blood is essential to more apparent thought. If you sense your attention diminishing throughout the day, you will reset your thought and get back to work with renewed energy by having quick breathing in the workplace. Engaging five minutes a day in deep breathing will dramatically reduce tension and help you feel productive and optimistic instead of depressed or frustrated. Breathing takes the attention to one place, the air so that you can let go of the intrusive thoughts when taking part in a relatively intense whole body workout. When breathing uses active and complex movements to expand the chest and widen the abdomen, discomfort decreases in places where it most frequently accumulates that is the upper body, back, shoulder and neck.

Benefits of Proper Breathing

1

OFFER THE BODY'S INNER ORGANS AN INTENSE MASSAGE

2

STRENGTHENS THE LIVER, KIDNEYS, SPLEEN AND OTHER INTERNAL BODIES AND OFFERS VITAL ENERGY THAT MAKES THEM HEATHY & STABLE

3

PRODUCES A HARMONIOUS BODY RHYTHM, DECREASES TENSION AND DISCOMFORT ON YOUR CORE MUSCLES AND SPEEDS DOWN YOUR PULSE

4

REDUCE EXTRA WEIGHT WHILE GUIDING YOU TOWARSD THE IDEAL WEIGHT

Breathing is something we sometimes find as a matter of nature. But if we give it the consideration it needs it might become even more meaningful. Continue to work out to start interacting with what you experience inside your body. You now have a weapon at your side if tension continues to mount up. Enable the body to take advantage of excess oxygen and energy. Your lungs simply feel healthy with the increased oxygen content. Give your body an incentive to remember this and you will be looking forward to more soon. Sometimes, you will catch your body needing to respire deeper, and you are in the upward path to feel better by satisfying this need!

References:   Hoopes, A., 2020. Breathe Smart: The Secret To Health, Happiness And Long Life. 2nd ed. Vermont: Zen Yoga Press, pp.41-42.   |   Martini, M., 2020. Breathe For Life: A Guide To Solve Issues With Breathing. Mindpop, pp.28-31.   |   Orosz, A., 2014. The Beginner's Book Of Meditation. 1st ed. Kindle.   |   Rinpoche, A. and Zangmo, A., 2013. The Tibetan Yoga Of Breath. Boston & London: Shambhala Publications, Inc.   |   Vranich, D., 2016. Breathe. 1st ed. New York: St. Martin’s Press ebook.

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Maria Plengsangtip

Partner & Consultant Psychologist

B.Soc.Sci (Hons), M.Arts in Applied Psychology

I am a qualified psychologist who helps Human Capital Professional facing difficulties increasing employee engagement or improving health of their employees by designing and developing customised strategies to achieve better health and employee wellbeing. This frees up their precious time and energy to focus on their many priorities at work. 

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