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Breathe in gentle through your nose and hold it and then exhale out your mouth, slowly. Allow oxygen to enter into the body, to feed the cells, relax the tissues and reduce stress. If we remember how to breathe deeply, we will allow our body more opportunities to heal itself and we will remain balanced and relaxed.

I enjoy deep breathing every day and I especially find it helpful when giving a discourse before a large Congregation. You, see I am a minister and I give talks in front of about 125 members in the congregation I'm with. One time, before giving my discourse, I was doing my breathing exercise. I said quietly to myself, breathe in through the nose, hold it and out through the mouth.' Well one of the congregation members heard me because I was whispering very lowly but she heard me anyway. Before I knew what was happening, everyone was coming toward me thinking I was in labor. One member even said to me; "I didn't know you were pregnant." I wasn't pregnant; I was just trying to relax myself before giving my talk, that's all! You would think that only pregnant women do deep breathing exercise.

Deep breathing is used for women in labor; however it is also used to help in relaxing muscles that are tense. Before giving a talk in public deep breathing exercises help the throat muscles to relax. Most of us speak and breathe without thinking about it.

Our breathing can control how our voice is heard by others. Ask yourself, "is my voice pleasing to others. If not we can use deep breathing exercises to make some unpleasant sounds, improve. Our voice and what it sounds like involves breath control, posture, and conscious training of vital muscles in the area of the face, jaw, tongue, lips, neck, shoulders and the entire body. All this can be controlled by deep breathing.

Anyone who is a public speaker or even if someone stutters,or nervous before a meeting or interview, deep breathing exercises will benefit you.

Here are some of those benefits:
1) Our voice will be smoother and easier on our listeners.
2) Deep breathing will help our posture.
3) Deep breathing helps to relax your jaw, neck and shoulder muscles,
thereby relieving you of unwanted stress.
4) Lowers blood pressure.

Now there is one final important thing to remember when doing deep breathing exercise, make sure those around you know you are not pregnant!

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