Most people breathe only into the front of the rib cage. To breathe fully and engage you lungs properly, expand your ribcage from front to back and side to side. If you only breathe into the front of the ribs, you can shorten the paraspinal muscles. This constriction can affect you posture and create tension that is unnecessary.
Take a moment and lie on your back. Relax your neck and let all tension in your back, abdomen, legs, and feet release. Breathe into the sides of your ribcage. Feel how this motion opens the ribcage to the back. Each time you inhale, sense the ribs lifting toward the ceiling as well as, pressing against the floor. Take 10 deep breaths as you feel the ribcage moving from front to back and side to side. When you are ready, sit up and feel how open your body feels in every direction.
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