How and how much do we breathe? Energy comes from the breath and beyond.
Breathing is an involuntary mechanism that we repeat about 12 times every minute, for a total of 20,000 times a day! In just one day, we inhale more or less 11,500 litres of air, containing 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and 1% argon. On exhaling, we expel a lot of water, up to 17.5 millilitres per hour at rest, and as much as 70 millilitres when exercising. During physical activity, a difference in breathing has also been noted between men and women. It seems that the smaller size of a woman’s airways increases the work of the muscles of the respiratory system, making breathing under effort more tiring.
We can breathe either by mouth or nose, but experts recommend more the latter, as it allows the body to defend itself more easily from the possible entry of external agents. Indeed, the nose acts as a filter, preventing the largest pollutant particles from reaching the lungs. In addition to being filtered, air inhaled through the nose reaches the lungs warmer and more humid. The lungs then take care of transferring oxygen into the blood, cleaning it of carbon dioxide, and transmitting it to the heart, ready to be sent to all the tissues and organs of the body.
What we have described so far, as we wrote at the beginning, is an unconscious mechanism, which, however, can be modulated for the benefit of our physical and mental health, through practices such as yoga and other habits. Slower, deeper breathing can even affect our appetite, reducing it, as well as significantly improving the quality of sleep. Deep breathing has also been shown to induce a long-lasting sensation of calm and relaxation. Indeed, it is easy to note, for example, how much our breathing can change if we are agitated, stressed, or if we are calm and relaxed. As anxiety increases, our breathing becomes shorter, while it lengthens as we become calmer. For such reasons, it is important to practice deep breathing, because, if we can do this, we can reduce the conditions of anxiety and stress we are subjected to on a daily basis.
Breathing can also have a huge impact on our energy, as it is known that performing certain exercises during which we control our inhalation, exhalation and take short pauses to breathe, can contribute significantly to increasing energy and thus to facing the day with more energy.
We realise how important it is to have vitality and energy precisely when we are lacking them. In addition to the correct breathing we have just talked about, there are various practices that contribute to our energy wellbeing, from proper nutrition to physical activity. If the latter is practised in the open air, it allows us to stay in touch with Natural Environmental Energy and to perceive the vibrational and luminous frequencies of nature. Today we can find all this at any time, even indoors, thanks to magma13, an intelligent technology capable of turning the environment in which we live into a natural source of energy.
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