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Practice deep breathing daily. Keep your shoulders down. Put your hand on your abdomen (not your chest) to make sure the breath is going all the way to the bottom of your lungs. Your abdomen should go out when you breathe in, to expand the lungs, and go in when you breathe out.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Disciplines such as yoga, tai chi and martial arts focus on the importance of the breath. So they are one way to learn better breathing habits, along with the physical benefits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
There are a lot of online resources to help strengthen your lungs and reduce the chance of getting sick, and others on what to do if you get sick.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Strengthening your lungs<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
From the YouTube channel “lungexercise”:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n From Qi Gong master Lee Holden:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n If you get sick with a respiratory illness and can’t get the gunk off your lungs, there is an exercise that physios teach to help bring it up and out. It’s called The Active Cycle of Breathing technique. The following three videos are all based on the same technique but each is slightly different. You may want to watch them all to see which works best for you.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/brooklynwellnessnz.files.wordpress.com\/2024\/03\/lungs.png?w=300\")
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Clearing the lungs<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n