Belly vs Chest Breathing
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Deep breathing is not as simple as belly breathing. Like eating a "no fat diet" breathing has become too simplified. Just like we need some fat for a healthy diet, we need to breathe into BOTH our belly and chest for healthy breathing.
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Well this makes far more sense! Thank you.
Oh!!! You astonishing person you’ve cleared up the utter confusion I had about belly breathing :Patrick from Ireland thank you xxx
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The "advantage" of "belly breathing" is to enlage the belly muscle, make belly bigger!
Just look at the athletic, football players to see how they breath! They breath naturally,instinctively: inhale through chest, not belly! And most of their body look great and strong.
There is just one way that the air can go into the body through nostril/mouth - trachea - lungs. Upon inhalation, the diaphragm contracts and flattens and the chest cavity enlarges.
I’m a true 100% belly breather. I have been for 28 years due to severe rib injury from being hit by a truck while riding my horse. Now that my ribs finally moved back into place and are no longer sitting on my sternum I’m trying to chest breath. Wish my luck as it’s not going very well :)
Just keep practicing! Good Luck!
OMG thank you so much! I need to get my yoga and Pilates students to watch this - it validates me!!
Hahaha, that's awesome! Yes, it was driving me crazy too!! Feel free to share away. I tried to hit all the points to make it make sense why all belly was not correct.
Thank you for a very clear description and helpful demo.
I wish this video reaches to everyone 😍..Thank you ..Got all cleared about belly and chest breathing
wow, thanks! The most effective advice ever! I've seen vids about diaphram breat I'm a chest breather but do belly breathing when singing. I've seen videos about diaphram breathing, chest breathing, and belly breathing, and some say diaphram is better, while others say belly is better and i can't tell which is good anymore. moreover, i dont understand what a diaphram is till this day.
You are a godsend. I am so grateful for your videos. Thank you thank you thank you
Happy to help!
I'm trying to learn how to chest breath, I'm a mouth breather and find it hard to breath through my nose, but I have radiation treatment and now need to practice to hold my breath. ugh. this kinda helped better than what the actually drs say in the radiation videos
Glad it helped some!
Yoga journal -Diaphragmatic rib cage breathing
I've been doing belly breathing for few years, you're right! I didn't move my chest, I really trained myself to do this. This was such a bad thing to do. Now I have chest tightness, pulls my jaw. I wish I never did this
The good thing is you can teach your body to breathe correctly again!!
Cause people were told to breathe into their belly that if you were a chest breather it make you super tight and nervous and high strung and belly breathing grounds you. They change it every couple years never listen to anybody that’s my philosophy
I tried breathwork (wim hof) and was doing it wrong (chest only) and I ended up having a phase of bad anxiety/panic (something I have never experienced in my life before). I know good breathing is great to help relax and stay calm but now I'm worried about trying it again!
Sorry, that happened!
Thank you so much !
Question, I understand the concept of your ribs expanding on a big deep breath and your stomach and chest should both lift. What I need to know, is how should you be breathing on the normal, middle of the day shallow breaths? Should those come from your chest or stomach? I have recently had severe panic attacks & anxiety and have been told to breath from my belly and not just my chest (which is where my normal shallow breath comes from). I'm struggling to engage both my chest & stomach in a shallow breath. Please let me know. Thank you! :)
You should still be taking deep breaths and expanding 360 degrees during normal day breathing. You will not take as deep of a breath and things will not expand as much. Shallow breathing can usually be seen because the shoulders will rise towards the ears. Breathing properly actually stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system which will help relax you. So the same breathing pattern just not as deep if that makes sense.
@@CoreExerciseSolutions Thank you!! That does help.
Do you have trouble getting a breathe in your chest?
Would you recommend doing this 360 breathing whilst walking?
Yes! You won't be able to do as deep of a breath but being able to 360 breathing all of the time is the goal!
Hello. The 360 breathing that you described here is practiced solely when you have your back straight? Or can it be practiced equally well whilst sitting uncomfortably/with the back arched?
You can try! - It will probably work the best with the ribcage balanced over the pelvis.
Best video 🙏🏼
Omg this eared all my questions about chest/belly breathing. For more than 10 years i had been a chest breather. Then i knew about belly breathing so for several months i switched to belly (only)breathing and it soon felt as awkward. I feel that so many people say your chest shouldnt move,which should be actually wrong. May i ask you a question?now that we have learned about how to correctly breathe in, what should we focus on when we exhale? Is it just relaxing and let the air out without thinking about anything? Thank you!
This ‘cleared’
Naturally when you inhale your pelvic floor and abs should relax and on the exhale your pelvic floor and abs contract. The level of contraction depends on what you are asking of your body. So if you're just breathing like normal you are not going to have as big of a contraction (you may not notice it). But if you are purposefully working on breathing with forceful exhales or exhaling to lift a heavy box then the contraction of your pelvic floor and abs is going to be greater to meet the demand.
thank you for sharing this!
You are so welcome!
Well stated!
Not good or bad
Hello. Do you recommend engaging the pelvic floor on this 360 type of breathing?
Not when you are just working on breathing. The pelvic floor should come up gently on its own.
Thank you soooo muchhh
May I ask what is the difference between this 360 type of breathing and the full yogic breathing? Maybe in the yogic breathing there is more emphasis on directing more air on the (lower) abdomen than on the ribcage? Thanks
Yes, that is most likely the difference. I focus more on a 360 inhale through the ribcage and from what you are describing that breath goes more into the belly.
I seem to find myself chest breathing and then feeling like I’m not getting enough air. Then I focus and remind myself to belly and chest breath and I feel better. But I often go back to chest breathing how do I fix this. Do I need to retrain myself ?
Just keep working on it and eventually, it will become the new normal. You will have to retrain your body. Shallow breathing stimulates your sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) while 360 degree breathing stimulates your parasympathetic nervous system which helps you relax so working on it will help you de-stress as well (win-win!).
Hello. Is the 360 breathing that you described here also applicable in a standing position?
It can be yes!
So I am a server and I've been serving about 3 years now and I can only carry a tray on one side of mu body I try my best to not lift to heavy items and bend my knees but most restaurants are concrete flooring with carpet which has a effect over time when I tell you this I thibk of school when they say you should switch you bag to the other shoulder sometimes if you have one strap to balance your body alignment is there any stretches or exercise you know of because I feel like my body ia in a lean sometimes
I find it hard to do this especially when sitting upright and standing upright. I just end up chest breathing and raising my shoulders to get a deep breath. May I ask how to improve this?
You may need to work on it in one position (laying down is usually easiest but not always) and then progress to new positions once you have it down.
So I had Covid ( badly ( and now I’m breathing all chest & stomach, my ribs don’t move. I think this is still contributing to my body tightness/ breathing issues.
If I don’t feel the ribs moving how do I get them to move? I understand the why, I just can’t figure out how
Sometimes it just takes some mental work, sometimes you need to find a physical therapist to help release stuck ribs. You can try putting your hands on your ribs while you breathe. Sometimes putting a hand on something will give your brain extra signals and help you connect to that part.
@@CoreExerciseSolutions thank you! I actually reached out to a physical therapist so I’ll ask them to check this out 😊 thank you
I have a problem.... I was breathing with my chest but nowadays I'm a used to belly.... And now I can't switch to chest plz help
It comes down to just practicing and rewiring your brain. Just keep working on it and you will get there!
Hi , why do I feel dizzy when I practice breathing the proper way?
That can/does happen (There is a scientific explanation to it but it is involved). Try breathing less deeply (still expanding 360 degrees) or more slowly and see if that helps. You can also try only doing 3-4 of the deep breaths then breathe normally a few breaths and then doing more deep breaths.
What if I can't feel a breath in my chest?
it sounds like some release work all around your ribcage and chest would be helpful!
Sounds real weird, but when I try to get breathing everywhere like belly, back, chest, my asshole kinda tightens - is that normal cause it's kinda weird..... I also sometimes get light headed when trying to get the breathing everywhere? Please could You help - is this normal?! Thank you
its hard to do this while standing
It can be hard! It is usually easiest laying down. Then you can work on it in sitting and then standing. Sometimes the progression helps.
I hv bladder and urethra irritation since last 3 yrs without uti . It might be bcoz of overactiveness of bladder which aggravate due to constipation , spicy and hot food intake and tesnsion . Plss tell me any exercise to relax my pelvic muscles
Exercise is not going to help you relax your pelvic floor. Working a tight muscle will only make it tighter. Breathing is a major thing to get right to help relax those muscles (but no bearing down). Seeing an in-person Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist or joining a program such as my All Access Membership to have someone help work you through getting those muscles to calm down would probably be a great idea.
While standing ... my belly sticks out and creates a big anterior pelvic tilt due to years “only belly”breathing.
So while exercising if we want to implement the breathing pattern that you have described in your video... is it ok to engage core... because when we engage core it is doable to direct breath easily into entire torso.
So my question is : is it ok to engage core (belly button towards spine) while doing any exercise to implement the breathing described in this video?
I'm going to give you a solid maybe. I'd watch some of my videos on hamstring recruitment and back breathing because there are a lot of great exercises to help work on this vs just holding in the abs.
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