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Exercises - chest muscles
This exercise not only stimulates the muscles around the chest wall but also
promotes slow, deep breathing to help relax you and expand the lungs fully,
boosting your oxygen levels and giving you more energy.
With hands resting on your thighs, close your eyes and inhale deeply for five seconds, filling your lungs as much as possible. Now hold that breath
in the lungs for three seconds and breathe out fully as you count to five. Then start all over again and do three repetitions of this deep breathing, feeling the muscles around your chest tighten as you breathe in, and as
you breathe out imagine that you are flushing out all the tension in your body. So the routine is 'inhale 2, 3, 4, 5 - hold 2, 3 - out 2, 3, 4, 5 - inhale 2, 3, 4, 5, etc.
This exercise is extremely helpful in counteracting stress or tension. If you want to just relax, continue doing this exercise as long as you want, feeling that every time you breathe out you are sinking deeper and deeper into a
pleasant relaxed state of calmness. Deep breathing slows the heart and the mind, and as a result you feel very relaxed. When you get back to work after your holiday, use the same technique whenever
you feel stressed.
