So, tonight I went to my first of 8 classes of the Breathing For Vitalitycourse at Leichhardt Womens Health Centre. It is going to be 2 hours a week for 8 weeks.
The idea behind it is that people forget how to breathe as they grow up. Babies and little kids apparently breathe as we should but as we get older we become shallow breathers. When you are watching someone breath, their abdomen should rise and fall, rather than the chest.
So, there were about 9 women there, varying ages, and it seems like a very nice group. We started by feeling how we should be breathing - good belly appreciation! Relearning how to push your abdomen out when you breathe in and then having it retract when you breathe out. It was very relaxing!
We then learnt how to do a complete breath - this means that you fill up the whole of your lungs and then take a "sip" to top it up to full. It was a bit Yoga like, and it felt good.
We are also going to be doing some meditation and relaxation techniques each week, which will be very useful as well I think. We did a quick relaxation exercise tonight, which involved closing your eyes, gently pushing your tongue against the roof of your mouth, thereby letting your jaw drop a little bit and relax. Then you slightly raise your eyebrows, do a tiny smile and drop your chin towards your neck about 1cm. All these actions release all the stress holding muscles in your face, and we did all feel great after doing it!
More next week after the next class.
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