That is why emphasizing long flowing
exhalations helps facilitate the «rest - and - digest» response and turns off the alarms in your brain.
Not exact matches
Pull in your abdomen as far as possible to
help the
exhalation.
Moving slowly into a stretch and making full use of the
exhalation to relax, the muscles will
help inhibit the stretch reflex and instead engage the reciprocal reflex.
With every inhalation lift a little more through the sternum, using the push of the fingers on the floor to
help; with every
exhalation twist a little more.
Asana options: grounding poses to
help the person get reconnected with their body, calming forward folds, sun breaths with slow
exhalation, hip openers to activate the PNS, 7 shakes to shake off anxiety
The practice below is a short yoga practice that uses breath and simple movement to
help you relax your body, deepen your
exhalation and quiet your mind.
To
help myself relax deeper into the pose while maintaining a clear focus, I elongate my
exhalations, breathing in on a count of four and exhaling on a count of eight.
Patanjali's Yoga Sutra, for example, says that lengthening the
exhalation can
help to reduce disturbances of the mind, but doesn't offer detailed techniques for doing that.
Including a sound with the
exhalation can
help to slow down the
exhalation, creating the desired ratio of in and out breath.
If you choose to use sound in your yoga practice, you can structure it to communicate a certain cognitive meaning (For example, repeating «Let go, let go, let go» on the
Exhalation will
help you to... let go).
Even deeper muscles in our core engage on the
exhalation that
help to tone and support our spine.
Explore how one part of each pose augments the inhale, while another part
helps to escort the
exhalation.
It sounds like Romeo still has a increased respiratory effort and in doing so is abdominal breathing where pressure in the abdomen
help force the diaphragm up which «
helps»
exhalation; this is a sign of respiratory distress and should be monitored by your Veterinarian to see if any changes to medication are required.