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Learn Deep Breathing as part of a Yoga exercise that will enable you to lower your blood pressure.

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How to Breath Deeply: Most of us our shallow breathers and don’t even know it. A few simple yoga techniques can have you reach your full breathing potential. The first breathing technique we’re going to do, we’re going to place our hands at the base of the belly and we’re going to be inhaling through the nose and out the mouth. All the way in and all the way out to the base of the belly. Inhaling and exhaling all the way down. Do this 10 times and that will really help relax you. Clear your mind and bring you into the next breathing technique by placing your right finger on your right nostril, keeping your left hand at the base of your belly, inhale and exhale through the nose only. Come back to a neutral sitting position and place the left pointer finger to the left nostril, breathing in the right nostril and out the right nostril with your mouth close. Always do 10 breaths on each side. If you feel it so that’s too many, you can cut it down to five breaths. Bring your hands back to the base of your belly; come to a neutral sitting position. Take a cleansing breath before the third exercise. Inhale and exhale all the way out. Placing both hands at the base of your belly, it’s the “Ujaii Breath”. So you’re going to be breathing in the nose and out the nose the whole time. Keeping your mouth close and listening to a hissing sound at the back of your throat. Your eyes could be open or close. Close helps you listen to the sound of your breathe a little bit easier. I'm going to close my eyes and start with the base of my belly, so I know I'm getting my full breathing potential and inhale. Doing the Ujaii breath three times really helps make you feel calm, centered and balanced. These yoga techniques will lower your heart rate and your blood pressure, clear your mind and virtually you can do that anywhere.