We know that one of the most widespread diseases today is anxiety. Therefore, we need to find all the possible techniques and advice to be able to face it and face it in the best possible way. It is true that the professionals will tell you how to do it but while you cannot make an appointment with them, we are here to guide you as much as possible with abdominal breathing.
When anxiety comes into our life it wants to control everything and for that reason, it usually limits our actions each day. Something that we must stop in order to regain our routine. It appears when perhaps we least expect it, so let's be prepared, have a little patience now put into practice abdominal breathing techniques to relax when we need it. Take good note!
Why is abdominal breathing necessary?
Because when we are calm it is the breathing that we usually do. It must be remembered that it is not the only one because there is also chest breathing, which can also lead us to feel more relaxation but not like abdominal breathing. Just below the lungs and in contact with the abdomen we find the diaphragm. This will be the main muscle when it comes to breathing. It is important and necessary because we will be able to fill the lungs from the bottom and it will be that air intake that will make us feel much better. Because the accelerated breaths will not reach the lungs of air as we well need, but will only do so superficially, feeling each one of the symptoms that anxiety leaves us in the body.
The Benefits of Better Breathing for Anxiety
Thanks to this type of breathing we can oxygenate the body much better, completely. This makes the feeling of well-being take over from the outset. We can say that there is a kind of cleanliness in the lungs, thanks to the fact that the air expands through all of them and does not stay in a more superficial way as we mentioned before. From there we will have control of our breathing, something that does not happen when anxiety occurs, since the rhythm will be more hectic. By controlling the breath, we will control that anxious state and the body will calm down. At the same time, circulation is also going to be stimulated, so as we see, they are all advantages.
How to breathe to control anxiety
After knowing everything that can do for our body the be able to control breathing, it is time to know how to put it into practice. It is a technique that we can also learn in disciplines such as Pilates. It is best to lie on your back so that you feel better each movement. Logically then it is not necessary to have to lie down every time we will see breathing in this way.
Place your hand on your abdomen and you will take a few short breaths, trying to expel all that air that was in your lungs to start from scratch, so to speak. Now you start to inhale and your abdomen will be the one that moves, that is, the hand that you have on it. Preventing the chest from making any movement. When you have inhaled, you hold the air for about 3 seconds and expel it. Little by little you will hold more of those seconds because as you control your breathing and your body is more relaxed, the time will increase. But it is true that patience comes in here, since you cannot do everything in the same day. First we must control the technique and then take more steps forward. Try to always focus on your breathing, on the work that you are doing and leave the bad thoughts that are not taking you anywhere.