Breathing Technique 11

When you've established your abdominal breathing practice, you can begin to work with thoracic breath — the second component of the full yogic breathing. This will help you to notice the middle area of the lobes of the lungs. Thoracic breathing is an economical method for drawing oxygen quickly into the lungs, with minimal effort — making it vital for supporting the body during physical exertion, such as running or other intense exercise. Rather than emphasizing the movement of the abdomen, you allow greater movement in the ribs and minimize abdominal movement.

How to perform:

• Lie down in Savasana and relax the entire body. Become aware of the natural and spontaneous breathing process.

• Place the right hand on your chest and left hand on your belly.

• Slowly inhale and expand your ribcage. As you do that all the individual ribs go outward and upward, creating more space for the air to be drawn into the lungs.

• The right hand on your chest goes up and the left hand - on your belly is relatively still.

• Expand your lungs utilizing its fullest capacity.

• As you exhale, your ribcage contracts and your right palm comes down and there is slight movement in the left palm.

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