What kind of breathing is right? Indian sages gave him such a definition: breathing, during which the exhalation is 3-4 times longer than inspiration (if the breath lasts 2-3 seconds, then exhalation - 6-8 or 9-12 seconds). As for the frequency of breathing, it is believed that it should not be frequent. Therefore, yogis gradually reduce the frequency of breathing, bringing up to 6-3 breaths-exhalations per minute, whereas in most people the respiration rate on average in adults is 12-15 breaths and the same amount of exhalations per minute, in adolescents - 16-20.

Another unquestioning truth is to breathe with your nose. Because only this organ is for breathing, and the mouth is for eating.

In the case of normal nasal breathing, the air, passing through the nasal passages, is warmed and cleared of dust. In addition, in the case of nasal breathing, the air, irritating the receptors of the mucous membrane of the nasal passages, reflexively contributes to the expansion of the capillaries of the brain and thus improves its functions and enhances the depth of breathing. People have long noticed that if a child breathes only with the mouth, for example, in the presence of adenoids, then he lags behind in mental development compared with other children.

Disturbance of nasal breathing, predetermined by adenoids, polyps of the nose or inflammatory processes in the paranasal sinuses (sinuses) causes a weakening of the higher nervous activity not only in children, but also in adults.

It should be noted that in adult men and women there are some differences in the types of breathing. In men, the predominantly diaphragmatic type of respiration, and in women - the rib. Young people have a mixed type of breathing. These differences are natural and normal.

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