Most people rarely breathe deep, as strange as that sounds.

Aside from sustaining life, breathing, especially conscious breathing, has more to give.

Small stressors abound in modern life, ranging from deadlines to bus delays.

Woman in nature breathing deeply

These trigger the human fight or flight response.

It then releases hormones to either seek safety or fight for survival.

The problems arise when this threat response is constantly triggered by menial situations that are not real threats.

Woman controlling breathing

A traffic jam isn’t innately dangerous, but your brain is insisting on stressing you out regardless.

Deep breathing allows for tuning back into the body and relaxing the mind.

For beauty, breathing is cost-free and simple to practice; maybe even capable of replacing elaborate skincare routines.

Brunette girl radiant glowing skin

Withskincare fads vanishing as quickly as they appear, mindful breathing might be a practice to incorporate for good.

Mitochondria turns our food into energy and also produces oxygen free radicals.

Meaning, you could literally bebreathing the moisture out of your skin.

Less gut bacteria directly correlates with and impacts the state of the skin.

confirm you’re breathing into your stomach and filling your lungs with oxygen to the best of your ability.

Repeat however many times and wherever you’d like.

As you take those conscious breaths, your body truly heals itself on all levels.

Skincare products with super ingredients may do wonders for the skin, but you’re breathing regardless.

It’s innate to every human and completely free, so why not give it a try?

There’s nothing to lose, you could only feel better and gain glowing skin in the process!