Breath to Realign Body & Mind

As we all know and experience Breath is the most essential part of our life, the exercise we do consciously and unconsciously without having a break. "The only thing that stays with us from the moment we are born until the moment we die is our breath."

Breath plays the most important role to align our mind and body, which is most important these days where everyone is facing some kind of mental stress and feeling depressed etc. For today's generation where everyone is facing some kind of distress cause of many varied situations (job's issues, career issues, relationship issues, money issues, friendship issues, etc.), realignment of mind and body is important.

Have you ever observe your breath? Have you ever notice in change of rhythm of breath according to your emotional well being? If not try it once, and observe what change. When you get stressed- what changes? Your breath. When you get angry- what changes? Your breath.

Now you may be witnessed that "We experience every emotion with the change of the breath". Breathing changes with every emotion. We hold our breath when we're concentrating, and we take shallow breaths when we are nervous or anxious.

Controlling the breath is an immediate way to steady yourself, a tool you can use to shift your energy on the fly. For millennia, yogis have practiced breathing techniques ( pranayama) to do things like healing, raise energy, and focus on the present moment.

In the Rig Veda it is written that "breath is the extension of our inmost life", and it describes breath as the path beyond the self to consciousness. Modern science also acknowledges the effectiveness of pranayama for myriad effects including improving cardiovascular health, lowering overall stress, and even improving academic test performance.

When you align with your breath, you learn to align with yourself through every emotion-- calming, centering, and de-stressing yourself. Breathwork is such an effective way to calm yourself down.

BREATHWORK

"Breathe to calm and relax- Meditation"

1. Inhale slowly to a count of 4.

2. Hold for a count of 4.

3. Exhale slowly to a count of 4 or more.

4. Repeat until you feel your heart rate slow down.

You can do this exercise anywhere anytime in any comfortable position.

It's really that easy. You see, deep breathing activates a part of our nervous system called the vague nerve, which in turn stimulates a relaxation response throughout our bodies. The simple act of controlled breathing is like flipping a switch that shifts our nervous system from the sympathetic, or rest and digest, state, allowing our mind and body to get back in synch.

( Sources: Think Like a Monk Jay Shetty )