Eli5: why are we told to breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth if all the oxygen gets in your blood stream in the lungs either way? Would it not be better to just breathe in and out of your mouth for the most oxygen?
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There’s no reason to specifically breathe in through one and out the other other than as a relaxation technique. In truth, the two could be reversed, or one could simply breathe in and out through the nose or mouth exclusively.
The idea is to focus on doing it in a slow and controlled manner. I always just go in and out through the nose if I’m following a guided meditation or whatnot regardless of the instructions.
Edit: Okay, so obviously the nose is how you’re supposed to breathe normally. In through one and out through the other is something I’ve only ever heard of in meditation, so I answered as I understand it.
I wasn’t saying ‘yo dawg just breathe through your chapped ass lips 24/7!’ Calm down.
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