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Try Yoga For Stress Management |
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Yoga has been defined as the way to spiritual
and psychological life. The history of yoga goes back to thousands of
years in the Eastern tradition.
Meditation is a tool of yoga
which also helps in managing stress. Apart from this, various breathing
exercises and positions are there which could relieve you of stress. The
Yoga Three-Part Breathing Exercise is really a helpful device. It is
carried out as follows:
Part One:
A) Lie down on your
back and relax.
B) Pay attention to the normal course of inhalation and
exhalation. Do not let your mind wander over to other thoughts.
C) Inhale
deeply through your nose.
D) As you inhale, fill your belly with air
and let it stay there.
E) As you exhale, exhale even the slightest part
of air and make sure that your belly is totally empty.
F) Repeat this
five times.
Part Two:
A) Now again
fill your belly with air. While it is full, inhale some more air and
fill your ribs. Let them expand.
B) As you exhale, first throw the air
out of your ribs and then your belly, contracting them one-by-one.
C) Repeat
this five times.
Part Three:
A) Inhale and let the
air fill your belly, then your ribs, followed by your upper chest.
B) As
you exhale, first vacate your upper chest then your ribs and lastly your
belly, contracting them one-by-one.
C) Repeat this ten times.
Thus
you can practice this Three-Part Breathing Exercise and the relaxation
that you feel, thereafter, is something better experienced than read.
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