Fall Pranayama, Practice 2: Diaphragmatic Breathing
Five, Five-Minute, Fall Pranayama Practices
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Diaphragmatic breathing helps to strengthen the diaphragm, the most efficient muscle of breathing, creating greater stability and ease for each breath. Other benefits include; decreases the work of breathing by slowing your breathing rate, decreases oxygen demand, fosters more efficient breath cycles meaning you use less effort and energy to breathe, tones the vagus nerve aiding in activation of the parasympathetic nervous system, helps to lower blood pressure, heart rate, decreases cortisol (stress hormone), improves core stability, and improves exercise tolerance, capacity, and sustainability.
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