Please reply under this post with any questions that you have so far with the breathing exercises. These videos are very short and specific, so that we are building from the ground up. I look forward to answering any questions you might have.
Leslie Leung
Apr 25
Happy rainy Saturday! Question - when I contract my sitz bones I feel pressure concentrating around my tail bone. It’s hard to explain but I’m wondering if I am squeezing too hard.
AJ HYPOXiX
Apr 25
Is it painful? Do you also feel a contraction in the more anterior muscles? are you staying relaxed in your glutes?
Leslie Leung
Apr 26
not painful. actually i feel less pressure if i focun the anterior muscles during step 2 (squeezing sitz bones). I'd say my inner glutes (is that a thing?) are contracting, my glutes aren't 100% relaxed.
I'll try the foam roller. I'm doing the exercises sitting on a stool.
Melissa brown
Apr 26
On the 2/8 breath should we be able to exhale without fully engaging our core? Especially at the end of the 6ct? I find that in order for me to maintain the loud shh, I am almost out of breath and my core has to suck in if you will
YES! I believe that some of that is the eccentric strength of intercostals and obliques and the concentric strength of your diaphragm getting the AIR IN in 2 shorts sniffs! There are OTHER reasons that I limit the time on the inhale (such as emphasizing the exhale and over time, bringing co2 levels up and o2 levels down with the exhale, learning to exhale more deeply to the end of your breath using your deep abs...you will learn to push MORE of the stale air out, which encourages an involuntary inhalation...)
Happy rainy Saturday! Question - when I contract my sitz bones I feel pressure concentrating around my tail bone. It’s hard to explain but I’m wondering if I am squeezing too hard.
Is it painful? Do you also feel a contraction in the more anterior muscles? are you staying relaxed in your glutes?
not painful. actually i feel less pressure if i focun the anterior muscles during step 2 (squeezing sitz bones). I'd say my inner glutes (is that a thing?) are contracting, my glutes aren't 100% relaxed.
I'll try the foam roller. I'm doing the exercises sitting on a stool.
On the 2/8 breath should we be able to exhale without fully engaging our core? Especially at the end of the 6ct? I find that in order for me to maintain the loud shh, I am almost out of breath and my core has to suck in if you will
YES! I believe that some of that is the eccentric strength of intercostals and obliques and the concentric strength of your diaphragm getting the AIR IN in 2 shorts sniffs! There are OTHER reasons that I limit the time on the inhale (such as emphasizing the exhale and over time, bringing co2 levels up and o2 levels down with the exhale, learning to exhale more deeply to the end of your breath using your deep abs...you will learn to push MORE of the stale air out, which encourages an involuntary inhalation...)