Healing Kinetics

Yesterday I was feeling a little guilty because I had two days of rest instead of my one day of rest. I do not want to make that a habit. I am pretty insistent that the way to stay healthy is to do at least fifteen minutes of exercise a day. It does not have to be intensive or even very difficult, just some form of calisthenic exercise.

If you are overweight and/or out of shape, it is vitality important to do something everyday. The breathing exercises I give away for free are chosen because almost anyone can do them. They have a great effect on your metabolism and the oxygenation of your body, basically they help you burn fat along with helping to improve your breathing which a vast number of overweight people have major problems.

Now back to myself, in order to get my fifteen minutes of exercise in yesterday I decided to do the breathing exercises throughout the day when I had some down time, such as after my sons soccer game (still beaming with pride on that one), we went over to my in laws to watch the Bears Game (not so proud there) - I did some breathing exercises while watching the game, not as focused as if I was quiet in my room but still doing some activity while I was sitting there.

Another time was at about 7:30 last night the kids asked if we could all watch a movie together, so “Happy Feet” went in and we sat and watched the movie. During the movie I was able to quietly do some breathing exercises, for a good five to ten minutes. The core breathing exercise is usually not quiet but it still can be done just focusing on the contraction a little more while quietly exhaling. I was able to multitask, spend some time with my kids and only quietly without there knowing use five minutes of that time to get some exercise in. The rest of the one and half hours was all theirs as it rightfully should.

So when you do these breathing exercises do not just focus on doing them in a quiet place and saying you do not have time to do them, because everyone has five minutes somewhere duing the day, even if you have to multi-task to get them accomplished it is better than nothing. Obviously it is better if you are in a quiet place and you really focus on the exercises, but if you are crunched for time anywhere is good. The car ride or better yet the train ride to work, a meeting a work, your 30 minute break at work - 5 minutes could easily be used for breathing exercises, and as I said before one of the best places to do breathing exercises is in the shower. You have 5 minutes and many of us have 5 minutes several times a day that you can do these breathing exercises, just get started. Worry about the calisthenics when you do have time to spend 15 to 30 minutes in one sitting.