Breathing

呼吸

Take a deep breath right now. You probably don't see anything wrong with using your chest to breathe, since after all, that's where your lungs are.

深呼吸下，你也許覺得用胸部呼吸沒什么不對，畢竟肺部在那里呀。

Well, it turns out that the muscle you're supposed to use to breathe, your diaphragm, is under your lungs and closer to your belly.

其實呼吸需要用到的是隔膜肌，肺部以下靠近腹部。

As most people are habitual chest breathers, chest breathing can lead to headaches, fatigue, anxiety and even panic attacks.

胸部呼吸法會造成頭疼，疲勞，焦慮甚至恐慌發作。

So how the hell are we meant to do it?

那我們該怎么呼吸？

It turns out that breathing is one area in which babies are much smarter than you. Babies use a deeper type of respiration called abdominalbreathing. To practice it, try to "inflate" your stomach as you breathe in, while keeping your chest relatively still. Then contract your abdominal muscles on the exhale.

小寶寶可比我們會呼吸，寶寶們的呼吸方法叫“腹式呼吸”法。呼吸的時候，胸部保持不動，用胃吸氣，在用腹部肌肉吐氣。試試看吧！