Breathing Exercises



Breathing exercises
To focus on the lower part of the body for breathing:
Lie on your back on the floor with your knees up and your neck supported by a cushion.
Put your hands on your lower abdomen and breathe in deeply but easily and feel your lower ribs and abdomen move out against your hands as you breathe in.
Make sure that you breathe in easily so that your abdomen relaxes to expand; do not push your stomach out! As you breath out, let the air from your lungs out slowly and gently and feel your ribs and abdomen move back down to their
resting position. Breathe in and out gently and quietly in this way for one minute.
Stay lying on your back breathing in this way, but now breathe in for a count of two and then hold as “s” sound for as long as possible as you breath out. Keep the sound steady and don’t let it die away or get louder.
Time the duration of the sound as you breathe out (just count to yourself) and aim for 15-20 seconds.
Keep your hands on your abdomen so that you can still feel the expansion and then deflation of your abdomen as you breathe in and out.
Try some different sounds in the same way – “sh”, “f”, “z”. Then repeat the same exercise but vary the loudness of the sounds in different ways – eg. “sssssSSSSS”, “SSSSSsssss”, “sssssSSSSSsssss”, “sSsSsSsSsSsSsS”.
Feel your abdomen “pumping” as you change the loudness of the sound.
Now repeat all of these exercises while you sit or stand in front of a mirror. Keep your hands on your lower abdomen throughout each exercise and make sure that you do not lift your shoulders.



             J©§H D GREAT™ ~ ¶All About Music¶

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