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Post by Penny on Oct 17, 2009 21:43:45 GMT -5
Abdominal breathing is a technique that is used by singers, in yoga and is taught as a relaxation technique for stress relief and can help you take in more air with each breath, inflating your lungs more and oxygenating your blood more as a result.
The best way to teach yourself how to do this is to lay on your back, placing one hand on your stomach and one on your chest. As you take in a deep breath try to keep your chest from rising and instead relax your stomach muscles and allow your stomach to rise. It may take you a while to get it right and at first it will feel strange, but with practice you will be able to do this.
Abdominal breathing helps you deal with pain and can cut down on anxiety and stress when things get to you.
When and if you have a major flair of GP, abdominal breathing in conjunction with Lamaze breathing techniques (the breathing used in labor) can help you get through it.
When using lamaze breathing to deal with the pain of GP, breath in through your nose in a slow deep breath, breathing abdominally if you can then touch your teeth together lightly (do not clench), close your eyes and slowly let the breath out of your mouth. You should hear a soft hissing sound. Alternate the deep breaths in and out with one every once in a while that is a deep breath in then letting the breath out in short bursts (as if saying 'ha-ha-ha-ha-ha').
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