with Luke Jordan and his wife Sonja teaching at Bristo over the past couple of weeks, they have really been emphasising a full breath. Especially a full chesty sounding breath. This has really caught a hold with me, in so much as that full chesty sounding breath works if you breathe right up into the top of your chest, engage your understanding of uddiyana bandha and keep the floating ribs drawn in. In addition I've come to think of this as having that full chest breath and aiming for the collar bones with the breath. It means a fuller breath and smoother, having benefits for how you feel during the practice, how well oxygenated your muscular system is to support the practice and how well oxygenated your brain is for clarity. So, a good outcome all round and definitely an approach worth keeping in mind and perservering with.
This breath, in addition to being relaxed yet giving full effort, as Graeme Northfield taught me earlier this year, gives a good framework for the practice of postures.
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