Have you included Pranayam in your workout session? DO you know why it is needed? Get involved in these easy breathing exercises and make your mood fresh by destressing yourself.

1. Breathing ExercisesBreathing Exercises
Calm Your Body &Calm Your Body &

2. Benefits of Breathing ExercisesBenefits of Breathing Exercises
Purify Blood
Relieve Stress
Promote Weight Loss
Improve Stamina & Work Performance
Improve Respiratory System
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3. Types of Breathing ExercisesTypes of Breathing Exercises
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4. Lion’s BreathLion’s Breath
1. Inhale through your nose
2. On exhale -> open your mouth wide
3. Extend your tongue outward
4. Stretch the tongue tip toward a chin
5. Exhale fully & Make a sound ‘HA’
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5. Deep BreathingDeep Breathing
1. Sit upright, Exhale.
2. Inhale, and fill your belly with air. Relax belly
muscles.
3. Keep inhaling, fill up the middle of your chest.
Feel your ribcage and chest expand.
4. Hold the breath and exhale slowly.
5. Relax ribcage and chest.
6. Relax mind, face muscles.
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6. Abdominal BreathingAbdominal Breathing
1. Lie flat on your back to get a proper sense of
deep breathing.
2. Place your hands palm down on your stomach at
the base of the rib cage (middle fingers barely
touching each other)
3. Take a slow deep breath.
4. See to it that your abdomen expands. (Some
people take tummy in while inhaling which is a
wrong technique)
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7. The Stimulating BreathThe Stimulating Breath
1. Inhale and exhale rapidly through your nose,
keeping your mouth closed & relaxed.
2. This is a noisy breathing exercise.
3. Try for 3 in-and-out breath cycles per second.
4. Breathe normally after each cycle.
5. Do not go for more than 15 seconds on your first try.
6. Each time you practice, increase your time by 5
seconds until you reach 1 full minute.
Try this breathing exercise when you need an energy
boost and feel yourself reaching for a cup of coffee.
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8. Breath CountingBreath Counting
1. Sit in a comfortable position with the spine
straight and head inclined slightly forward.
2. Gently close your eyes and take a few deep
breaths.
3. Count “1” as you exhale. The next time you
exhale, count “2” and so on up to “5”
4. Record the time required for 5 counts.
5. In the next cycle, try to lengthen this time
period (take deeper breaths)
6. Try to do 10 minutes of this form of
meditation.
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9. Nose breathingNose breathing
1. Massage beside the nose (nose muscles) for
stimulation.
2. Feel the air at the tip of the nose.
3. Smelling of the surroundings.
4. Then narrow/ block one nostril with your thumb
5. Take 5 deep breaths.
6. Then block other nostrils and repeat this cycle
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10. Pursed lips breathingPursed lips breathing
1. Take a deep breath through your nose
2. Exhale strongly through your mouth making your
lips purse shaped
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11. Flexion and extension breathingFlexion and extension breathing
1. Extend your hands up with deep inhalation
2. Exhale and bend forward
3. Visualize that your tensions & worries going
away with each exhalation.
4. Hold your breath for 5 seconds
5. Repeat
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