Now and then...

how happy is the blameless vestal's lot! The world forgetting, by the world forgot.
Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!
Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd;----Alexander Pope

Friday, March 27, 2009

Inhale. Exhale.

  Recently, I got an email newsletter from Dr. Hohn about the role of oxygen in the human body,

"Secondly, let's address the acid and alkaline condition of our body. An acidic body is low in oxygen. An alkaline body is high in oxygen. The food we eat determines to a large effect whether our body is acidic or alkaline.

Third I want to address stress. Stress tightens our muscle fibers and restricts the flow of oxygen and nutrients to the cells. Stress and suffocation are closely related. If we learned how to fill our lungs fuller and empty our lungs more completely, we could easily double our energy and endurance.
"---Dr. Hohn

  This week has been a busy and super frustrating week at work.  So i was surprised to see how much difference deep breathing can do to release my stress.  When I stress out, I can feel my chest and shoulder tighten, and feels like there's something building up inside.  And the more tighten I feel, the more upset I tend to be.  It's a vicious cycle.  But all that is gone when I do deep breathing and fill up my lung to the max. Instantly, I feel more at ease and any negative emotion would subside.  Amazing how little things like that can turn my mood around.

3 comments:

kjygyrl said...
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kjygyrl said...

i was crying one time and my bf told me to take deep breaths. so everytime i cry he says "Breathe!"

meteorsky said...

lol, funny. Although it's quite difficult to take a deep breath and cry at the same time. :)