Breathing Technique Video - Diaphragmatic Breathing (Belly Breathing)
Diaphragmatic Breathing, also known as Belly Breathing
I’m not sure when I learnt to breathe the 'wrong way', but it must have been at some point in my childhood. We’re all born belly breathing but I remember as a teenager always sucking my belly in.
It wasn’t until many years later during a yoga class when the teacher said something about belly breathing that I realised I was breathing incorrectly. I was a bit embarrassed and assumed that I was the only one who breathed in this way. So I pretended to know what the teacher was talking about, then went home and googled it and began to practice.
Recently, I was sharing some pranayam (breathing technique) learnings from my course with my family and a few friends, and I came to realise that this is the norm for many!