10 Easy Life Changes for Good Health

I am going to do a series of 10 easy things you can do that will help improve your health. These will be 10 easy adjustments to your normal routine...just one a day that will hopefully make some great changes to your overall health. The good news is...I am going to do them with you. I found myself lapsing back into some old patterns over the last couple of weeks so now it's time to forget about past mistakes, get a positive new attitude and take a proactive approach to our health.

Today I will go over step number one:

Deep Breathing

Our assignment for this week is to take just one minute out of our day - you can do it in the car while you are driving if you have to - and concentrate on deep breathing. This is where you inhale deeply thru your nose- deep from your abdomen, hold breath for a few seconds, and then exhale thru your mouth. I try to count for 5 slow seconds on each inhale and exhale.

Benefits from deep breathing include:

• Floods your system with oxygen
• Helps you relax or calm down
• Energizes you
• Stimulates the digestive process
• Improves fitness
• Help to detoxify inner organs