Diaphragmatic breathing is a breathing exercise that engages your diaphragm, an important muscle that enables you to breathe. Diaphragmatic breathing is a technique that helps you focus on your ...

Breathing isn't something most of us think about often, yet it is definitely something to which we should be paying more attention. As stated in the Men's Health article "The Benefits of Diaphragmatic ...

The Scientific Revolution Behind Slow Breathing Polyvagal and neurovisceral integration theories favor slow over fast breathing due to its activation of the parasympathetic nervous system and ...

If you’re reading this you’re obviously breathing, but are you doing it right? From the moment we’re born we just do it, we take breathing for granted until someone or something takes our breath away.

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This post was written with contributions from Margaret Heaton-Ashby, LMFT, and Kelsey Tunney, DPT. When you think about your health and specifically any dysfunction in your body, you probably don’t ...

I asked the experts all about diaphragm breathing, which has de-stressing benefits—especially compared to breathing that's done out of your chest and neck. I was in a Pilates class the other day when ...

The diaphragm is an important respiratory muscle. It’s large, dome-shaped, and found below the lungs, around your lower-to-middle rib cage. When you inhale, your diaphragm lowers and helps your lungs ...