Full Breath Cycles

Some days it seems impossible to let go of all of the emotional and physical gunk that we collect throughout the day. Energy levels are low, thoughts are negative and shoulders are raised so high that it becomes difficult to locate one's neck. Just breathe. We have all heard it and most of us have advised it but are we really doing it?
Our breath is our life source; we can survive for weeks without food, days without water but only moments without oxygen. It takes no conscious effort on our part to succeed in breathing and it is the first thing we do when we enter this world and the last thing we do prior to our departure. Our breath seems like such a simple thing but as we grow into adults most of us lose our ability to breathe as our bodies would have us do. …show more content…
A full breath cycle requires full inhalation which supplies our bodies need for oxygen to keep our cells alive and functioning, for our ability to speak and for every metabolic process our bodies perform, and then we exhale. When we exhale we are detoxifying our bodies from all of the waste products that accumulate in our systems, primarily carbon dioxide.
A young child breathes perfectly and the reason for this is that they have not yet learned about holding in their tummies to make themselves look slimmer nor have they experienced much long-term stress so they aren't holding onto their breaths. Children, unless there is some sort of underlying issue are a perfect example of how we should be breathing all of the