By air, of course, do not eat - in the conventional sense. But for the body it is much more important than lunch on a schedule. Without breathing, there is no chance of survival. The composition, temperature and other characteristics of the surrounding and inhaled air have a significant effect on health. Therefore, it is worthwhile to know how to make this influence positive.
Air baths
This is the easiest and natural way. It is carried out with any contact of the body with the surrounding atmosphere. Air is a universal and always available remedy. The temperature effect on the skin activates the nerve endings located in it, reflexively connected with the internal organs. As a result,
- blood circulation improves
- breathing deepens,
- increased metabolism,
- the nervous tension goes away.
Summer is the best period for giving the body a healthy pulse. It is good to start a healthy habit of taking air baths on warm sunny days. Not everyone was lucky enough to live on the sea coast, but to saturate the air, the soft grass under your beloved apple tree in the country is also suitable. Like the terrace, balcony or well-ventilated room. It's enough just to sit quietly or relax, listening to the splashing of waves, the singing of birds and the rustling of trees.
Air baths can be taken in clothes, but a greater effect can be obtained if it is less. The skin must breathe. The main criterion for the usefulness of the procedure is the state of inner comfort and relaxation. You should not feel a chill and goose-skin, if it's cold, you have to get dressed. Increase the duration of air baths is gradually, as well as reduce the temperature of the air. If you start in the summer, then it will happen naturally. In winter, air baths are problematic in the open air, therefore they are carried out in rooms with ventilation. To enhance the positive effects of air baths -
- they are recommended to be held in the morning, before the procedure we allow a light breakfast;
- well before the procedure take a warm shower - clean skin will breathe better;
- Combination with physical exercises strengthens the cardiovascular system and immunity, contributes to the normalization of weight.
- carrying out air saturation in combination with water procedures - bathing, wet wiping, dousing and showering increases the reflex response of the body.
There are contraindications to the use of air baths. They are not carried out, at an elevated body temperature, when the body is exhausted or weakened by severe diseases of the heart, kidneys, lungs. High humidity and low temperature of air - an occasion to transfer procedure from street in a premise.
Breathing exercises
In order to get the most benefit from the air, it's not enough just to be in it and breathe. It is very important to do this correctly. There are many methods, the application of which has a beneficial and curative effect on the body. But even if you only learn to control your breathing - to make it even and measured, you can
- improve the blood circulation of the brain, providing him with optimal conditions for good work;
- normalize lymph and blood circulation in general, which leads to a good supply of oxygen to all organs and tissues, strengthen immunity and improve thermoregulation;
- improve the cleansing of the respiratory system from mucus and harmful components, thereby reducing the risk of diseases;
- accelerate metabolic processes, avoid problematic fat deposits, normalize weight;
- to find harmony and calm state of mind.
Classes should be regular and better spent on an empty stomach in the mornings and in the evening an hour and a half after dinner, before going to bed. To improve your breathing, a few basic exercises are enough. But if breathing exercises are more interested in, it's worth turning to author's techniques, yoga.
The posture for exercise should be comfortable - standing or sitting with a straight back. The head is not thrown back. To finish the session you need deep breaths with a delay in breathing, and the rest of the techniques can be performed in any sequence. The seconds can be counted, mentally uttering any four-syllable word: "once, skullcap, two, skullcap ...".
- Deep breath in through the nose into two accounts, hold breath for another two, breathe out your nose into four accounts. 10 times.
- "Circling breathing" - similar to the previous one, only exhalation through the mouth. 10 times.
- The "Triple Breath". Three shallow short breaths and a full exhalation. 10 times.
- "Breathe in your belly." Deep breath in through the nose, while straining the abdominal wall, "inflating" the stomach. Hold breath for 4 counts. Exhalation is also through the nose. 15 times.
- A deep breath and a long exhalation. Maximum deep breath, holding your breath for three to five accounts, gradually exhaling through your mouth, folding your lips into a "tube". 3 times.
The beneficial effect of air saturation does not have to wait long. The body always gratefully responds to the care of it. Moreover, such care will cost only in the price of refusal from own laziness.