How to Breathe deeply to Detox the Body
How to Breathe deeply to Detox the Body: the human body can go months without food, and days without water. However, we can only survive a few minutes without oxygen. There are many benefits to deep conscious breathing and detoxing the body is one of them.
Oxygen helps the body absorb vitamins, nutrients, and minerals more efficiently.
It also promotes the creation of white blood cells. Every time you inhale your lungs fill with oxygen that thereafter get transported in your blood throughout other detoxing organs including: lymphatic system, kidneys, colon, and even the uterus for women.
Conversely every time we exhale we elimate part of the body’s waste in the form of carbon dioxide. By breathing deeply we take in more oxygen that cleanses the body, and by exhaling deeply we eliminate more waste both actions have an overall detox effect on the body.
We often take breathing for granted and under estimate the importance of drawing awareness to our breath. However, this can result in shallow breathing with side effects that include fatigue, and decreased tissue function. Additionally the brain can not function to it’s fullest potential if it is not receiving enough oxygen.
When you practice deep rhythmic breathing the diaphragm expands. It relaxes the body, and massages your lymphatic system which helps in the elimination of toxins. If you aren’t breathing deeply or moving on a regular basis your lymphatic fluids become stagnant and this essential blocks the system from eliminating waste. A poorly functioning lymphatic system can lead to high blood pressure, heart problems, weight gain, fatigue, and inflammation.
Learning to breath deeply is an easy process. Once you get accustomed to deep breathing exercises your day to day breathing will become less shallow and allow your body to work more efficiently.
Take a few minutes a day to focus on you inhalation and exhalation. Inhale deeply until you feel you belly full of air, hold your breath for 2-3 seconds and exhale slowly and deeply until all air is expelled.
You can continue to breath like this for a few minutes and you will likely notice how your regular breathing pattern will be improved. There are other breathing techniques you can try like the 4-7-8 deep breathing exercise developed by Dr. Weil.
He recommends doing 3 reps of this exercise twice daily.
- Place the tip of your tongue against the ridge behind your upper teeth and exhale completely through your mouth so that you make a whoosh sound.
- Close your mouth and inhale deeply through your nose for a count 4, hold your breath for 7 counts, then exhale through your mouth for a count of 8.
- Repeat three times.
