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Just Breathe….

Fresh Air Breathing Exercises

It seems like a very simplistic advise but breathing can actually help a lot of conditions, not just lung problems. Breathing, before anything else, is much more than the intake of oxygen or the release of carbon dioxide. In Ayurvedic medicine, it is believed that during the process of breathing, your brain actually scans what’s going on in the rest of the body. When a person breathes in a shallow manner, then they’re not able to fully scan their body. When that happens, the central computer (our brains) cannot do it’s job of coordinating what goes on in the rest of the body. Such is the interconnectedness of the mind and body that the concept that each part of the body functions independently is crap, for the lack of a better word. Breathing is very important. Unfortunately, we often take this for granted. We sometimes focus too much on diet or hydration, to the detriment of learning proper breathing techniques. Although we may last for weeks without food or a few days without water, there’s only a few precious minutes that we can survive without (breathing) air. It’s important to take deep, diaphragmatic breaths (similar to that of a baby’s). Benefits include lowered stress levels, better sleep, and overall better health. Now, take some deep breaths ……

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Lose Your Belly or Lose Your Brain

In an interesting study done by the Boston University School of Medicine, it was found out that people with an abnormal BMI and increased waist circumference have an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. Basically, an increased visceral fat volume is associated with smaller brain volumes. Nothing surprising since it’s already been known that truncal obesity (waist circumference greater than 40 inches in men and 35 inches in women) is one of the criteria in making a diagnosis of syndrome X, otherwise known as metabolic or insulin resistance syndrome. The CEO of the Alzheimer’s Research Trust concluded that “It is never too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle and to keep weight in check. What’s good for our bodies may be good for our brains.” I agree with the first statement. As far as the second one is concerned, there is no separation between brain (mind) and body. Whatever goes on in the body affects the brain and vise-versa. Everything is interconnected.

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