Optimum Breathing Tips

Let’s take a deep breath with your hand on your ribs. Your ribs are designed to move by virtue of their attachment to the spine via joints. Feel now that your spine is expanding and contracting smoothly by breathing. When we talk about a good posture, it is the posture that facilitates our movements as they should be. A young woman often sits with her back straight and her pelvis rising upwards. This looks good. However, it restricts the back and in fact, it is the posture which limits the spine movements and makes her breathing shallow. The most functional and the most comfortable posture is that which is well aligned where the muscles are not too taut and is kept without much effort. Leaning back against the chair with the pelvis tilting backward only the upper and the back pressing against the back rest of the chair is not a good idea; it is too burdening on the pelvis.　It prevents a deep breathing by oppressing the movements of the spine and the ribs. Maintaining the diaphragm in position is the other important aspect for healthy breathing. As the air enters into the lungs the diaphragm moves up and down. The stability of the pelvic floor, which is the base, largely influences the movements of the diaphragm. Once we know the best position for the ischia and become able to stabilise the pelvis, we can raise the pelvis at the best angle. This enables us to breathe deeply without effort. It also releases the overload around the neck muscles which also support breathing. The basic key is to make all activities comfortable so that we try to breathe easily and deeply, which we usually do subconsciously.