Breathing- something that bugs me...

[whiskeysheri]

I've recently started going to a yoga class at my gym (well, I've been twice) and my instructor said something that made me wonder: that we should try and get used to yogic breathing (only breathing through your nose). Now, I know that we're born only breathing through our noses and that breathing through our mouths is learnt, but I always breathe through my nose! I can breathe through my mouth (luckily, otherwise I'd be screwed when I have a cold!), but I rarely do.

It's just made me think; everyone I know sleeps and breathes through their mouths, so is it me that's the odd one? Without the obvious answer, please! :o)

[squarebear]

you shouldn't breathe through your mouth if you can help it.

Your nose is like an air conditioner for your lungs. Air that passes through your nose on the way to your lungs is filtered and heated by the nose. Your nose will massively reduce the amount of dust, pollens, bacteria, virus, or anything else that is floating in the air.

These things would cause major problems if there were allowed to flow straight down into the lungs. The nose is designed to handle them. It is your first line of defence. If you breathe through your mouth you do not use these defences.

[Skye-Fluff]

i suck my thumb while i sleep and alot during the day, so im a nose-breather too :D

[China Doll]

Nope. Always breath through my nose unless I'm sick.

[whiskeysheri]

Ah, that's a relief, and it's saved me a job. I won't have to 'Relearn Nose Breathing' again, then. There's actually a page on t'internet that I've come across!

[China Doll]

See now I'm looking at how everyone breaths as they walked past the doors, cheers whiskey!

I just kind of thought everyone did nose breathing, doing through your mouth all the time would make you look like a fish.

[Octavius]

Breathing through your nose and mouth is natural and easy. It is breathing through your ears that marks you out as an odd ball, but a useful one.

[B00]

Wey hey Octavius!

Oh errrrrm, sorry WS!

I really really hate breathing through my mouth, like when you've got a cold or something, so yes, it's more natural for me to breath through me 'ooter.

[Psychick]

Im not sure what I do when Im alseep, as Im normally asleep, but I think I mainly breath through my nose when Im awake. The only acceptions being when Im full of cold or walking. For some reason I cant breath through my nose when Im walking?

[squarebear]

That's probably because we need more oxygen when we walk and it's easier to get great gulps of it through our mouths.

[Psychick]

Ooh, thanks squarebear, I thought it was just me!

[China Doll]

And I'm classed as the smutty one?!

[whiskeysheri]

LOL! My sister had to stay at mine on Saturday night after we'd been out, and that's what got me thinking about it again (after the yoga stuff). She's a nightmare to share a room with, let alone a bed, because she keeps me awake with her various noises and snoring. Then I thought about it and my boyfriend had said a few months ago he couldn't believe how quiet I am when I sleep and that you can't hear me breathe, so I thought it might be down to that.

A tad long winded, I know. It's just been one of those boring Mondays today. :o)

[bigmamma]

I'm just pleased when I can breathe , I don't care if it goes in through nose, mouth , or both ! :-) xxx

[yogasun]

Having taught Yoga for nearly 30 years I'm amazed that the teacher should say that most people need to be taught to breathe through their noses. Nose breathing warms, filters and moistens the air (as squarebear said) but most people do it anyway. There is one Yoga breathing technique ('sitali') that requires mouth breathing.
A few people do tend to mouth breathe but that is generally because of a structural problem with their nose - this can lead to snoring at night and bad breath.
You are quite normal whiskeysheri!

[daffy654]

I can't breathe through my nose at all due to a deviated septum from repeatedly breaking my nose over many years in many different ways. I have to breathe through my mouth otherwise i'd suffocate.lol

[kempie]

The term "mouth breather" may be used in a pejorative sense for someone lacking in hygiene or intelligence.

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/New-Words/0 60529-mouthbreather.htm

[funnygirl]

I breathe through my mouth and I therefore I snore.
Once I put sellotape over my mouth in order to stop snoring and breathe properly.
I nearly died!!!

[happy_face]

When I used to do Yoga I was taught to breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth and that was the yoga breathing exercises. But I guess things have changed since then

[taichiperson]

In Tai Chi it's in through the nose and out through the mouth - but I prefer in and out through the nose as you get all sorts of wierd noises other wise......... The real question is, do you move the abdomen when you breathe??