Your Dynamic Diaphragm
“A last word on slow breathing. It goes by another name: prayer."
— James Nestor: Breath
Of all the skills you develop on the mat, the most useful and powerful is your breath. The engine that drives your breathing is the muscle of the respiratory diaphragm.
Sounds simple, right? But the respiratory diaphragm is an exquisite apparatus. Its impact on the body is immense. Its complexity and intricacy makes it hard to understand and explain.
Good news for us, Jill Miller of Yoga Tune-Up made several models (or dioramas) of the respiratory diaphragm. This is brilliant 8-minute video could transform your breathing and your practice.
Need more science behind your breathing? Watch this interview with James Nestor, author of Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art. Video is below. Also available as a podcast: The Power of Breath as Medicine: James Nestor with Dr. Mark Hyman
