| json_metadata | "{"app":"Musing","appTags":["Belly"],"appCategory":"Belly","appTitle":"What are the gains of belly breathing?","appBody":"<p>Belly breathing is breathing using your diaphragm which actually is the only correct way of breathing, it is the way babies and animals breathe, and it is how we are intended to breathe. </p>\n<p>Some of the advantages of belly breathing include:</p>\n<ul>\n <li>It uses your respiratory system in the most effective way.\n <ul>\n <li>When you are belly breathing, you are breathing the way our respiratory system was intended to be used, so it's used in the most effective way possible.</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>It activates the \"relaxation response\".\n <ul>\n <li>The \"relaxation response\" is the exact opposite of the \"stress response\". While the stress response has a whole set of possible triggers that you can use consciously or subconsciously, belly breathing is actually the only way we ourselves can trigger the \"relaxation response\".</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>It relieves pain.\n <ul>\n <li>Since belly breathing activates the \"relaxation responses\", it can also release endorphins, which have a painkilling and euphoric effect.</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>It stretches and strengthens your core muscles, but in a gentle way</li>\n <li>It improves your posture and bodily functions\n <ul>\n <li>Belly breathing requires you to sit or stand up straight (or lay down, but you can't keep that up all day each day :-) ). You can't use belly breathing while hanging in the couch like a potato. This means that your posture has to be correct, which will help you with your back, it will improve the flowing of your blood, making your heart pump more efficiently, it will vastly improve your food digestion, and will make sure your nerves are less likely to be pinched or stuck, making you feel better overall, and improve your hormonal flow.</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n</ul>\n<p>To try belly breathing yourself, place one hand above your belly button and one hand at your heart. Now take a few deep breaths, and allow your hands to move up slightly with the inhale and move back in with the exhale. The hand on your belly button will move more than the hand on your heart. Do this for 5 or more breaths, and you will feel the soothing effect this breathing has on your body and mind.</p>","appDepth":2,"appParentPermlink":"pk6tehzl5","appParentAuthor":"bakunamo","musingAppId":"aU2p3C3a8N","musingAppVersion":"1.1","musingPostType":"answer"}" |
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