How Breathing Exercises Help Control High Blood Pressure

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One in 3 American adults has high blood pressure (hypertension). An equally large segment of the adult population has prehypertension, meaning your pressure is higher than normal but not high enough to qualify as hypertension. Nearly 1 in 4 American adults also reports feeling extremely stressed, and these two conditions — stress and hypertension — tend to go hand-in-hand. 

Unfortunately, this connection still does not receive the emphasis it deserves

Many breathing experts also agree that 9 out of 10 people breathe poorly, which negatively impacts both your stress level and your blood pressure. The good news is that correcting your breathing can help alleviate both of these conditions. 

Dr. John Kennedy, cardiologist and author of “The 15-Minute Heart Cure: The Natural Way to Release Stress and Heal Your Heart in Just Minutes a Day,” featured on “The Doctors” in 2011 (above), developed a breathing and creative visualization technique that can be done anywhere, anytime to reduce stress, lower your blood pressure and protect your heart.

Tammy, the test subject on the show, lowered her cortisol by 20 percent simply by doing this technique. Indeed, by teaching your body to slow down and relax, which essentially short-circuits your physical stress reaction, you can protect your health, and your breathing can either trigger or hinder your relaxation response.

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10 Motivational Quotes to Get You Going Everyday

Well, I have heard it said by motivational speakers, that “Successful people don’t do different things. They do things differently.” That is what motivates me to get out of bed every morning to find ways to do very common things differently. When I remember these 10 motivational quotes, as soon as I get out of bed every morning, my bounce increases and the hunger in me to get things done is ignited. 

I sincerely believe that if I want to succeed each day, I must always see every day as an opportunity to improve, to be better, to get a little bit closer to my goals. That might sound like a lot of work but I know that so long as I have the hunger in me to succeed, I will always have the power within me to achieve it. Thanks to these here 10 motivational quotes!! Give them a chance to work for you as well if you want to see expected changes in your life and business.

01. Wake up with determination. Go to bed with satisfaction.

02. Don’t wait for opportunity. Create it.

03. Success doesn’t just find you. You have to go out and get it.

04. Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done.

05. It’s going to be hard, but hard does not mean impossible.

06. Dream it. Wish it. Do it.

07. Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.

08. Sometimes later becomes never. Do it now.

09. Dream bigger. Do bigger.

10. Little things make big days.