We all know the importance of breathing. We can’t live for more than a few minutes without breathing. So, here I will mention some tips about breathing.

Always breathe slowly and deeply. Then the body cells work in unison and bring back harmony and health to the system. There are many good breathing techniques. Here I have mentioned three breathing techniques to destress. Everyone should practice all these three techniques everyday as many times as one can. But minimum one should do 11 times each of these techniques to be able to feel the benefits. Dont’t do these breathing techniques just after meal. There should be a gap of two hours after the meal. Otherwise you can finish the technique and immediately take the food.

Yogic breathing
This breathing exercise uses the lower, middle and upper part of the respiratory muscles. Start with abdominal breathing, followed by thoracic breathing and finally clavicle breathing. Reverse the order when you exhale.

Benefits:
1. Increases lung capacity
2. slows respiration rate
3. calms the mind

Nadi Shodhana
This is a simple form of alternate nostril breathing. Nadi means channel and refers to the energy pathways through which the prana flows. Shodhana means cleansing. Nadi shodhana means purification of nadis or channels. Inhale through the left nostril, exhale through the right; inhale through the right and exhale through the left. This is one round of breathing.

Benefits:
1. Strengthens the nervous system
2. helps conditions such as anxiety, depression, hypertension, and hypotension.

Bhramari
Bhramari means bee. The exhalation sound is similar to a bee. Place the thumb on your ears; shut your eyes and inhale, then exhale making the sound of the humming bee.

Benefits:
1. Nourishes and calms the brain cells
2. soothes the nerves l helps in treating insomnia.