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1.Explore Yoga. Yoga works to condition the body, making it supple, flexible and healthy. Yoga also encourages deep breathing. Yoga breathing can help to relieve headaches, tension and insomnia.

2.Take a few moments to do a breathing exercise that will show you how to utilize your lungs fully.

Complete Breath Exercise:

Sit in a comfortable position, cross-legged on the floor if possible. During this exercise, you will be inhaling very slowly, so try to stay relaxed.

•First, take a deeper-than-normal breath.

•Hold it a moment.

•And then exhale very deeply so that your lungs are emptied of air. To help expel the air, pull in your abdomen as far as possible.

•Now begin a very slow inhalation through your nose. As you inhale, also begin to distend your abdomen.

•Continue slow inhalation. Now distend your abdomen as far as possible. Exaggerate this movement, making your abdomen as large as you can.

•Continue the slow inhalation. Now expand your chest as far as possible. Make this expansion exaggerated.

•Continue inhaling keeping your chest expanded and now raise your shoulders to let in even more air. This is the complete breathing posture. Now hold for a count of 5.

•Very slowly exhale completely through your nose, and at the same time, allow your body to contract and relax.

•Let your shoulders drop.

•Let your chest flatten.

•Let your stomach empty.

•Then slowly, start all over again…

When you do this exercise, do three complete inhalations and exhalations in a row. The goal is to learn how to refine your breathing process. You can do this whenever you want, making your breaths slow and regular so, your vital life energy reaches all levels of your body and mind. This contributes to a complete state of balance.