DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING

The diaphragm is a dome-shaped muscle that is between the lungs and your Ab’s. As you inhale this muscle will lower, leading to an expansion of the abdomen. As you exhale the diaphragm rises up, which will move your stomach back inward. Whenever you feel stressed or anxious, check your breathing pattern. Diaphragmatic breathing will relax your sympathetic nervous system (responsible for fight and flight) while stimulating the parasympathic nervous system, (responsible for rest and digest) through the Phrenic nerve.
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Diaphragmatic breathing will in turn slow the heart rate, facilitate digestion, & calm the body. Chest Breathing is more of a shallow breathing style, often associated with emotional or physical stress. Side effects with this type of breathing includes, weakening of the diaphragm, a speeding heart rate, & overuse of accessory muscles such as the pec’s, scalenes, & sternocleidomastoid.
Remember, the Diaphragm is part of the integrated spinal stabilizing system, therefore is considered a core muscle!
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Note: While laying on the @pranamat I use my hand as a resistance cue to activate the diaphragm, it is NOT meant to challenge the diaphragm from activating.
Modern life stimulates the sympathetic nervous system far too often, leading to overdrive.
Note 2: This mat has been shown to decrease pain, with the large amount of sensory stimulus from the mat’s sharp lotus (via gating mechanism at the wide dynamic range cells).
This acupressure mat has also been shown efficient for normalizing muscle tone, improving microcircultation, facilitating oxygen supply to tissues, and normalizing metabolism.
Mikelsone I. Clincal trials on pranamat ECO mat April 2014
#pranamat and #mypranamat

[antonnovo]

Just focus your attention 2 inches below the belly button, relax your stomach and your face and breath normally for 5 minutes. Your body will take care of the rest. No need to force anything.

[sidrirexhepi]

Can this help with shortness of breath after eating food?

[kevinjames]

can this excercise reduce stuttering ?

[wychoo]

very good explanation, I am now subscribed

[freedbyyeshua]

God doesn’t want anybody in hell because He loves us, but you must understand why we deserve hell and why those who refuse to live under His authority will go there. He gave us the law (Ten Commandments) not to make us righteous, but rather to show us our sin (Romans 3:20). We’re not sinners because we sin, but rather we sin because we’re sinners. Sin is the nature of our flesh that we are born with due to the sin of Adam in the garden. For someone to be justified before God they have to be sinless. We’ve all sinned (Romans 3:23), and the the law demands death for those who sin (Romans 6:23). God is righteous, so He must punish our sin, which is what He did through His Son Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus is Holy and sinless, yet He received our sin when He died on the cross, so that we can be righteous before God (2 Corinthians 5:21). When He died on the cross, He said “It is finished” (John 19:30), which means He paid the full price for all of your sins (past, present, and future) to be forgiven. He was buried and rose again from the dead. God will forgive anybody who puts their full trust in Jesus Christ alone for salvation. We aren’t saved based on our good deeds, but only by the grace of God (Ephesians 2:8-9). His precious blood that He shed is the only reason why we can be forgiven of our sins (Hebrews 9:22). If you confess that Jesus is Lord and believe that God raised Him from the dead, then you’ll be saved (Romans 10:9). You are born-again with the Spirit of Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17), and are not only legally justified before God, but also are accredited His righteous (Romans 4:24). Believers live for Christ now, so get to know Him through His Word. I recommend reading the book of Romans and the gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John), and watching Pastor Joseph Prince’s online sermons!