Master of meditation, Gurudev, shares practical ways to clear away negatives so you can feel more positive and move ahead in life.
By Gurudev Sri Sri Ravishankar
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Breath classes can teach us life-changing breathing techniques that nurture good health and overall well-being. Keep reading to learn more!
Are you looking for ways to reduce anxiety and relax? Or to improve the quality of your sleep? Or to stay healthy? Maybe you feel stuck.
We live in challenging times, and that’s having a negative effect on the physical health and well-being of many people. If this sounds all too familiar, don’t worry, a breathing class can be of great help.
Breathing techniques, learned under proper guidance, are very beneficial to your overall health. A regular practice will give numerous physical benefits and support robust emotional well-being.
Your breath carries oxygen to all parts of the body which in turn fuels all life-sustaining activities. But your breath is also capable of vitalizing your life, not merely supporting it. And you can learn to turn it into transformational breath in a breathing class.
In the right breath class you can learn how specific breathing practices are capable of enhancing the quality of your life. By simply changing the way you breathe, you can give a tremendous boost to your health and well-being!
The benefits of yoga, meditation, and breathing techniques have been heavily researched and are vast. Your breath provides critical oxygen to all cells of the body to sustain life. And by practicing breathing techniques you can enrich your life.
Some benefits include reduced stress, higher energy levels, release of trauma, improved focus, better sleep quality, stronger immunity, and much more. Overall, breathwork can be an incredible, life-enhancing tool!
We are all breathing, but how many of us are aware of the impact of the way we breathe?! Many of us are not aware that our breath is shallow. This can have long term severe adverse effects on our health.
In contrast, the benefits of conscious breathing are many. It can slow the heartbeat, lower or stabilize the blood pressure, strengthen the lungs, relax the nervous system, and a lot more.
In addition, our breathing patterns are closely tied to our emotions. Because of this, we can use our breath to relieve stress, anxiety, and depression.
Try this simple breath exercise and see for yourself. Sit comfortably in a chair or lie down. Take a deep breath through your nose and fill your lungs. Feel your chest and stomach expand, and then slowly exhale the air. Do this a few times, and observe how you feel.
According to Harvard Medical School, “Simple breathing exercises incorporated throughout your day can actually disengage a potentially health-harming chronic stress response and help insulate you from the damage that it can inflict on your body.”
If you keep resisting negative thoughts and try to push them away, then they will follow you like ghosts.
If you become scared of negative thoughts, they will control you. But if you shake hands with them, they will disappear.
“Meditation is the journey from sound to silence., from movement to stillness, from a limited identity to unlimited space.”
— Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
It’s a well established fact that deep breathing decreases anxiety and aids in relaxation. But it has also been scientifically proven to have a beneficial impact on our physical health, positively affecting the lungs, heart, digestion, and immune system.
So now you see that breath classes can help in boosting your health. Breathing techniques are powerful, and practicing them can be life changing.
Some of the health benefits include increased lung capacity, reduced blood pressure, a relaxed nervous system, decreased stress, slower heart rate, better digestion, and a stronger immune system. To fully benefit from breathing techniques, they must be learned under proper guidance and be practiced regularly.
So the next time you feel stressed or anxious, bring your focus to your breath, take a few deep breaths, and watch your mind start to calm down.
Of all the breathing techniques out there, SKY Breath Meditation is the one I’ve found to be most beneficial. It is a life-enhancing technique! More than 100 independent, peer-reviewed studies have shown SKY to offer a wide range of benefits for health and happiness.
Millions have been taught SKY Breath Meditation. They have experienced the profound difference it makes to health and overall well-being. So learn SKY and feel the benefits for yourself!
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