Secrets of Life

Belly Breathing is a useful secret of life. Many of the other secrets are philosophical or theoretical secrets that are for entertainment or pure knowledge sake. Belly Breathing is a secret of life that can be used for the a person's entire life to increase their health.

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For some people, Belly Breathing is not a secret at all. They would laugh if they came across this subject in a secrets of life blog. Belly Breathing is the natural way to breahe for these people. They grew up in a culture where everyone breathes with the belly.

For a person who has been indoctrinated that that the chest and the lungs do the breathing, Belly Breathing can be a mysterious, hard to understand, and frustrating concept. The first thing most people think is, "The lungs are in the chest. The belly cannot breathe. The belly is for digesting food".

This attitude is difficult to dispel. People like to hold onto their beliefs, no matter how foolish they seem. The lungs are not discrete items all by themselves in the chest cavity. They are surrounded by muscles etc. On the bottom of the lungs is the belly. The belly quite naturally can pull on the bottom of the lungs if it wants to. This is how belly breathing is accomplished. Oxygen is not going to the belly. The belly pulls on the lungs so that they can breath easier and stronger.

The frustrating part of Belly Breathing is actually doing it. A person who breathes with their chest all their life will have to work hard and train to breath with the belly. It might take years to make Belly Breathing automatic.

Another aspect of the frustration is, what the heck is Belly Breathing in real life? How does it work or how does it look? One of the best ways for humans to learn is mimicry. If they can watch a person Belly Breathe, they can learn 10 times as fast as reading words, or trying hit and miss.

The video below contains an example of Belly Breathing. The caucasian man's belly is clearly moving in and out while his chest remains relatively motionless. By watching this man, and the other examples I hope to post in the future, the reader will have an idea of how radically different Belly Breathing is from chest breathing. They will also hopefully gain some insight into how Belly Breathing looks by watching this man. The clip is very short at maybe 15 seconds or so.

Belly Breathing Example