1) Diaphragmatic breathing uses the diaphragm, a dome-shaped muscle located between the lungs and stomach, to drive breathing.
2) When inhaling, the diaphragm contracts and flattens, increasing the volume of the chest cavity and lungs. When exhaling, the diaphragm relaxes and rises upward.
3) Most people do not use their diaphragms fully when breathing, instead relying more on shallow chest breathing. Learning diaphragmatic breathing can help improve breath control and lung capacity.
1. DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING DrIan Ellis-JonesBA, LLB (Syd), LLM, PhD (UTS), Dip Relig Stud (LCIS), Adv Mgmt Cert (STC)Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Walesand the High Court of AustraliaPrincipal, Ian Ellis-Jones, LawyerDirector, Ellis-Jones Enterprises Pty LimitedVisiting Associate, NSW Institute of PsychiatryFormer Senior Lecturer-in-Law, University of Technology, SydneyCommissioner of Inquiry under the Local Government Act (NSW)Retreat Director, Mediator, Facilitator, Trainer and Consultant
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5. DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING The floor of the chest cavity which contains the lungs is made up of the diaphragm The diaphragm is a great dome of flattish muscle ...
6. at the bottom of the chest between the lungs and the stomach DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING ... cont’d ... at the bottom of the chest between the lungs and the stomach
7. DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING ... cont’d The diaphragm has the capacity to move ... upwards and downwards ... and inwards and outwards ... ... changing the volume of - the chest cavity, and - its passive occupants, the lungs.
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14. DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING ... cont’d Use your abdominal muscles in this way to control your breathing. The diaphragm is a muscle you can't see, so you have to focus on the muscles in front …
16. DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING ... cont’d If somebody is about to hit you in the abdomen, what do you ordinarily do? You tense your abdominal muscles. Do so now ...
17. DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING ... cont’d Slightly tense your abdominal muscles. At the same time, push your abdomen outwards as you breathe in.
18. DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING ... cont’d The diaphragm descends (“lowers”) and the ribs move upwards and outwards ... making the chest cavitylonger and larger.
19. DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING ... cont’d The diaphragm and intercostal muscles ...the muscles between the ribs ... should be used to take the in-breath to the middle and lower parts of the lungs.