BREATHE THROUGH YOUR BELLY IS GOOD FOR DE-STRESS, DIGESTION AND MUSCLE

We breathe through our lungs! True, but we often forget that breathing requires the participation of many muscles, including the diaphragm, which can also be requested by the stomach .Thus, learning to breathe through the belly is particularly beneficial, even for intestinal function.
 

Lungs / diaphragm / belly: Anatomy

Our lungs are protected by the chest and resting on the diaphragm. At inspiration, our lungs inflate, but chest expansion is limited by the presence of thoracic bone. In contrast, down (towards the belly), there is an area more flexible than the lungs can be used for further expansion. Meanwhile, breathing through the stomach stimulates our diaphragm, which facilitates breathingand therefore the oxygenation of our bodies. In a state of wholeness and peace is our stomach that inflates during inspiration because the lungs are distended downward. However, under stress, paralyzing the diaphragm, preventing the lungs to descend down. Result, breathing is thoracic and incomplete. Learning to breathe through the belly helps to inform the breathing and relaxation, but also helps your stomach muscles, which is beneficial to intestinal function and therefore digestion. In other words, breathing through the belly brings only benefits.

Exercise to learn to breathe through the belly

1) Sit in a calm and quiet. Stand upright, legs straight, and lean slightly forward, without forcing, head and shoulders relaxed. Carefully place one hand on your belly , just to be feeling the movements of your belly . 2) Imagine that yourbelly is an elevator that goes up and down: When you inhale, keep your chest flat and inflate your belly as to lower the elevator car as low as possible. When you exhale, let your chest still flat, and fit the belly in the digging, as if the car was back up over the back. Once the exercise is treated, it can also be practiced while sitting or lying down. A strength of this exercise, the breathing through the belly will become natural and you will more often without thinking. Your stomach will soften, while muscles. By contrast, think of breathing through the stomach under stress, to relax, if headaches, etc