Lower Your Blood Pressure

Hypertension is very common and a significant risk factor for two leading causes of death, heart attack and stroke. It can be effectively treated by lifelong medications, but might there be a simpler and less expensive way to treat mild to moderate high blood pressure.

Essential hypertension is commonly defined as a systolic blood pressure consistently over 140 and a diastolic blood pressure consistently over 90 -- without an identifiable cause.

There are a number of no pharmacologic therapies that can lower blood pressure. Weight loss, stress reduction, salt restriction, regular exercise, biofeedback and even regular meditation have been shown to significantly reduce high blood pressure.
Specific breathing techniques also may reduce high blood pressure. Many of these breathing techniques have been used in meditation as well as martial art training for thousands of years. These breathing techniques were believed to increase lung capacity, enhance cardiac and circulatory function, reduce stress and promote an overall relaxed state of being.
Meditation, regular exercise and other stress reducing techniques all focus on deep, rhythmic breathing

Deep breathing exercises affect a number of metabolic processes in the body including improving the sensitivity of the baroreflex -- a blood pressure gauge in the carotid arteries and aorta. In those with hypertension, this blood pressure gauge may overshoot, causing the increase in blood pressure.

So relax, practice a few slow, deep breathes every day and take control over your blood pressure.

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