breathing

I was asked a question about breathing recently and we ran out of time so I didn't get to finish my thoughts on breathing.
Most people don't use their lung capacity to its fullest potential. We tend to breath short shallow breaths and then we wonder why we lose our stamina. When using proper breathing techniques your overall performance tends to increase because your body is receiving more oxygen. Our Awakening the dragon is the most helpful to regulate your breathing with deep cleansing breaths. Same with breathing in a horse stance. When we make a conscious effort to improve our breathing our endurance rises along side of it. I used these techniques while I was running. I concentrated on  my breath and length of stride and I found I was able to cover greater distances without winding myself.
I had steak and corn and tortellini  last night. Then for lunch I had my lumberjack sandwich. For snacks I had a bag of veggies and a strudel.
I did dishes, another load of laundry,put them away,made the bed, took out garbage.
Sifu Jeannette Langner