Anxiety, stress and constant tension can lead to distress physically as well as mentally. Here it is important to gain knowledge in self management when it comes to emotions. It needs expertise to develop the skill over a period of time. Only perfect practice makes for perfect results. Shallow restricted breathing is accompanied with anxiety. Deep, natural balanced breathing becomes next to impossible and as well alters one's posture giving rise to other energy restrictions. The respiratory system comprising of the diaphragm, lungs, rib cage, wind pipe and neck may not function and synchronize together and fail to permit normal steady breathing. The emotional states also get jarred.
Pain can be experienced in any organ or body part. Apart from this there are numerous other causes of anxiety, excess food intake, irregular meal patterns, lifestyle, adrenal dysfunction, synthetic stimulants or drugs etc. Innumerable responsibilities, financial, professional and personal life issues can increase the woes. Thus we find that most suffer from anxiety in everyday life which in turn affects the breathing system. The worst thing is that with the commencement of anxiety, the irregular breathing pattern also creeps in and we naively get adapted to the new unhealthier breathing pattern. With the negative breathing pattern the everyday balance on physical and mental level becomes spontaneously distorted.
Can anxiety lead to shallow breathing or does the restricted breathing lead to anxiety? Both actually. Circumstances and conditions may arise which can affect the normal breathing. Constricted breathing can occur even in non anxiety. There is a idea which gets developed which makes one BELIEVE the breathing is not normal. The person believes it because the breathing foundation is not strong enough to maintain a challenging enough thought. The person has lost or never had the feeling if deepest calm or inner peace. Here it becomes obligatory to quiet the mind but with the ppoor breathing this may be difficult to impossible. By practicing proper breathign development techniques one can gain back control over breathing. These breathing techniques bring in lot of relief and work wonderfully in stress management, help evade tension and establish tranquility.
Emotions and breathing go hand in hand. They are interconnected and interdependant. When a person is in state of anxiousness or mental trauma the first change that is noticed is in form of variable, inconsistent breathing. When a person is in clam and composed the breathing is deep, relaxed, and balanced. Here are some techniques that can be practiced anywhere at anyplace and the best part is that they can be done in standing, sitting or lying postures.
The benefits associated with these simple techniques are numerous. Firstly it calms the mind and brings in back normal rhythmic breathing movement. Secondly with regulation in breathing system the circulatory system works in better way and the nervous system get toned up. It sets in prefect equilibrium sense of emotions. These breathing techniques eject impure air and other impurities from the respiratory system. It works wonders in cleaning the nasal passage and rectifies problem related to sinus. It leaves one energized bringing in calmness and relaxation in the entire body.
Apart from this by giving up certain negative qualities that have become part and parcel of our lifestyle one can bring in more harmony and relaxation. The basic way is to Work from the root. Give away all the negative traits and eating habits and follow a disciplined lifestyle. Simple things like giving up caffeinated drinks, alcohol, smoking can do great wonders in bringing back the normal functioning of body. Similarly relying on prescription drugs for insomnia or stress management could be managed by incorporating simple breathing methods in on a daily basis.
During anxiety people tend to take rapid short breathes wiht a too high proportion in the upper chest chest. During times of anxiety and stress people unintentionally breathe in such manner. The basic problem of such kind of breathing is it can disturb the oxygen and the co2 levels and distort central and peropheral nervous systm function. Reactions like rapid palpitation, nausea, physical sensation, restlessness. This shows that proper oxygen levels are not reaching the blood and can worsen the situation by giving way to panic attacks.
Some believe that one can verify one’s breathing pattern by placing hand over the upper abdomen and keeping the other hand over the waist. the they breathe and observe which hand elevates the most. If the hand placed at the abdominal region lifts more then your breathing pattern is good or else vice versa. The issue is that as soon as stress arises the pattern changes and the so called proper breathing lost to the stres filled moment.
The key is to develop the breathing so that when stress arrives the pattern stays the same strongly supported pattern that supports staying calm even during exteme stress such as with maintaining courage under fire or walking calmy through the gates of hell.
