Deeper Breathing May Not Be Really Deeper

For now, deeper healthy effortless breathing is better than shallow breathing.

The danger is that if done incorrectly one can invite arrested personal improvement, restrictive lung disease, lack of oxygen, an increase in difficulty breathing and shortened lifespan. Do not confuse forced deep breaths with easy BIG breaths. Forced big breaths are not easy naturally DEEP breaths. They just LOOK bigger.

Forced deep breathing is not the long-term answer as it often creates Unbalanced Deep Breathing (UDB). It may or may not help initially but if prolonged, it invites restriction in later years and teaches one's breathing system to tighten up instead of let go. Letting go is the key to developing volume and longevity, not tightening up. One major factor is to be able to sense, measure or assess quickly and easily on a day-to-day basis to see if your breathing is improving or deteriorating. Then you can learn how to stimulate the breath without inhibiting rib cage expansion. Then or concurrently you must learn how to develop the diaphragm. It is relatively easy if approached from the proper perspective but often like a rocket ship just one degree off course, the further it travels the further away it becomes from its intended destination.

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