How Can I Practice Breathing: Part 1?
Healthy breathing patterns help to stabilize the core, improve our posture, and allow for better movement quality.
After a minute or two of breathing, it can immediately improve hip and shoulder mobility, and generally put the body at ease.
Beyond exercise, we recommend to adopt breathing drills as a daily staple. There are many many benefits for your physical and mental health.
At Oakville Performance & Wellness, we start every single one of our exercise sessions with at least one breathing drill.
Here is how to perform one of our go-tos, Crocodile Breathing:
Mouth closed, teeth don’t touch.
Relax the jaw.
Bring your tongue to the roof of your mouth with the tip touching the back of the front teeth.
Inhale through your nose.
Exhale through your nose for twice as long as you inhale.
On inhalation, expand your body in 360 degrees.
Visualize breathing oxygen into every single part of your body.
Bring your focus entirely to your breath.
For exercise, try doing 10 quality breaths before you begin your warm-up.
For daily breathing practice, set a duration of 2, 5, or 10+ minutes.
Find this position too uncomfortable? Tune in for our next post, where we’ll cover the Supine 90/90 Breathing drill.
Always remember, motion is lotion. We encourage you to Move Well, Live Well™.
If you’re interested in moving, feeling and/or performing better, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We’d be happy to help.