Today, in our busy lives, breathing is a way to renovate the balance of our body and nourish our minds. Deep breathing is used to aid control panic, anxiety attacks, and mental stress. It is been found that there is a relationship between breathing and mental health.
Try the Pilates Breathe to relieve stress, anxiety, and fatigue:
Sit or lay so your spine is long and straight.
Inhale: Place your hands on your rib cage to feel it expand as you stretch the muscles between the ribs, the diaphragm, and the muscles across the upper and mid back. Imagine your lungs are balloons and you are blowing them up to full capacity.
Exhale: Now that all of your breathing muscles are stretched, contract them as you push all the air out. Think of squeezing every last drop of air out of your body while drawing your belly button to your back. Creating an negative space in your chest and abdominal cavity contracts all of your deep core muscles that support the spine.
Pilates incorporates breathe with movement to connect the mind to the body. The relaxing breath allows tension to be released from the body and movement to happen freely.