What is rhythmic breathing? It can be defined as a breathing exercise based on a peculiar rhythm of breathing, or with slower expiration than normal. Breathing is the process by which the body inhales, takes advantage of oxygen and releases carbon dioxide. The total capacity of the 2 lungs is not used correctly and fully by the human being, but the average is only 70% (seventy percent).
Why We Need to Learn a Rhythmic Breathing Technique
Rhythmic breathing control is taught to instrumentalists, singers and athletes, being a long-standing process used to bring consciousness to trance states and allow us to administer oxygen to improve health.
In controlled breathing are involved the relationship between the lips, nose, throat, stomach, diaphragm, lungs, brain, and heart. Also learning how to breathe in the right way can help in detoxifying the body.
It is extremely important, firstly, to note that exercises in relation to breath retention should be performed through the decrease in the performance of the abdominal muscles and not by the constriction of the throat. Any excessive exertion during these exercises shows that it is proceeding incorrectly.
Inhalation. Normally, the healthy person inhales and exhales air, approximately, from 17 to 25 times per minute, the recommended thing by means of the control of the breathing are about 10 breaths per minute.
Methods to control breathing
Meditation. In meditation exercises there are only four (4) respiratory changes per minute, because when the process deepens one can not perceive the breathing act of the meditator or meditator.
Immersion. The best process to be able to easily and quickly acquire full awareness of your breathing, as the human body is immersed, even more so if you are a swimmer and you can dive in the pool and swim in the background.
