Stretch ~ Day 22

Oh me oh my, the wonderful relaxing of my whole body!

Stretching is a powerful part of any exercise program. Stretching increases flexibility and improves range of motion of your joints. Stretching even improves circulation and helps relieve stress.

Breathing is the essence of being. It is the only bodily function that we do both voluntarily and involuntarily. We can consciously use breathing to influence the involuntary (sympathetic nervous system) that regulates blood pressure, heart rate, circulation, digestion and many other bodily functions.
Breathing exercises can act as a bridge into those functions of the body of which we generally do not have conscious control.