Improve your neck by how you breathe? 🙇 👃

View in browser Does your breathing contribute to neck pain? There can be many contributors to neck pain. The last email we explored ergonomics and eye issues. The more you understand your habits, the more you can adjust yourself during the day and in the end, decrease neck tension. This applies to breathing habits. If you have chronic neck issues you could be: Raising your shoulders while you inhale Using your shoulder blades to inhale or exhale Using your throat muscles to lift the upper ribs Sinking your chest when you inhale Let me know what comes up for you. What do you notice? Which one applies to you? During a resting breath, if the diaphragm is working correctly, the chest will deepen front to back, the lower ribs will widen as the diaphragm descends, the abdomen will expand and the back will move backward. In other words, if you had a balloon filling your torso from the collarbones to your hip crest all these parts will move evenly and at the same time generally. If this happens there is no involvement of the neck muscles, and the shoulder blades. Rather then a lifting or lowering movement you will feel a general expansion in all directions during inhale and a deflation during the exhale. Take a Breath, Neck and Shoulder Series The next series of classes will help you feel how to ease the neck and shoulders by noticing and changing how the breath influences these areas. No amount of stretching will help. If your breathing (and you need to keep breathing!) is contributing to the tension. In this 8 part series we will explore movements in the face, jaw, chest, and shoulder blades... while we use breathing as an indicator of effort and to unravel tension. Let's get your neck and shoulders happy! The classes are 30 minutes each, twice in a week, on Monday and Thursday at 1pm ET. They are recorded in case you miss a class. Register Here My Blogs Intelligent Breath Coaching Feldenkrais in Niagara 90 Marsdale Dr., St.Catharines ON L2T 3S9 Canada You received this email because you signed up on our website or made purchase from us. Unsubscribe