So it's important to know during your belly breath,
Your diaphragmatic breath,
That the diaphragm that sits between the lung and stomach cavity is relaxed when you exhale.
When you inhale it contracts down.
The belly expands because this gives space for some of the organs to be displaced so that the lungs have space to expand.
The inhale belly expands,
The diaphragm contracts,
And on the exhale the diaphragm relaxes helping the lungs to expel the breath.
And we can feel this by using one of our hands placing the palm below the navel at the very low of the abdomen and close the eyes or soft unfocused gaze.
Begin to breathe in and out of the nose.
Now as you continue to breathe in and out of the nose on the inhale feel the belly naturally expand into the hand.
As you exhale through the nose feel the belly naturally contract.
On the inhale the navel falls forward and on the exhale the navel naturally draws back toward the spine.
Continue to practice this.
There's no need to over effort.
Just simply letting the muscles engage as needed.
Feeling the inhale drop into the very low of the belly and the exhale complete.
The inhale belly naturally expands and on the exhale the belly naturally retracts.
And on the exhale the belly naturally retracts.
As you continue to practice this you'll feel the breath deepen breathing down into the pelvic floor.
The exhale again complete.
Our belly breath helps to calm the body the mind.
Helps us to begin to move into the parasympathetic nervous system.
This is a part of the nervous system that is associated to rest relaxation and digestion.
Continue practicing the inhale through the nose belly expands.
The exhale through the nose the belly contracts.
Using our belly breath to not only calm ourselves this also helps to strengthen the pelvic floor.
And the posture a few more cycles just feeling the breath come and go.
Feeling yourself slow down.
And take your time you can release the hand and slowly open your eyes.
And let go of the breath.
And let go of the breath.
And take your time you can release the hand and slowly open your eyes.
Once you feel comfortable with your belly breath you can practice it lying down sitting or standing anytime the eyes can be open you can move on to your long deep breathing.
