MMA ITO DOJO 伊藤道場
  • Home
  • About
  • Gallery
  • Testimonials
  • Sensei Toshi's Blog
  • Contact

Breathing exercise and Meditation

2/8/2014

 
Picture
Breathing exercises are very good for your body and mind.

You can get a few different benefits from doing this breathing method.

Because of using your abdominals to do this, a lot of muscles around your core area work. You will feel your core muscles getting tired when you are doing this.

It’s a good exercise to develop your core strength.

Controlled, slow, and deep breathing takes maximum air (oxygen) into your body and brain, so it makes your body and brain function work at their best.

It’s known that this kind of breathing can make a hormone called serotonin work better in the brain, so it promotes a feeling of calm and relaxation.

I usually do this first in the morning when the sun is coming up and take in the morning sun.

This is originally from ZEN monk’s meditation. They believed that deep breathing and morning sun could prevent and heal any kind of sickness. That could be true, because I haven’t been sick for about 10 years since I started this morning ritual. Hear birds singing, insects, wind, and feel nature make you feel good too.

You don’t have to do this for long time. Try to take 5 slow and deep breaths using your abdominals for 1 minute. After a couple of minutes doing this, you will feel so good!!  


    Toshiyuki Ito

    Head instructor of the MMA ITO DOJO
    Submission Arts Wrestling 
    Australian Branch Chief
    4th dan

    Archives

    April 2019
    February 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    September 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    November 2015
    May 2015
    January 2015
    November 2014
    September 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    February 2014
    December 2013
    September 2013
    July 2013

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Copyright © MMA ITO DOJO 伊藤道場 All Rights Reserved. Site by WebWorld