3/4/23 Zoom Class: Embracing Our Unity, Our Wholeness: Breathing and Respiratory Diaphragm, Class 2 by Susan Koenig published on 2023-03-07T21:45:57Z Our overall theme, "our wholeness and the unity of our soma," continues for this year. This class focuses on breathing, our respiratory diaphragm, and related myo-fascia. We started with an overview of the anatomy of our diaphragm with its central tendon, our lungs, heart, and rib cage. We discuss the importance and benefits of nasal breathing. Nasal breathing, due to nitric oxide, increases our intake of oxygen. Mouth breathing not only creates shallow breathing, high in the chest, but also negatively impacts our facial structure including jaw and eyes. We began our somatic movements with a 3 part breathing practice, from Dr. Arielle Schwartz, a licensed clinical psychologist and yoga teacher. We continued to do somatic movements that are synergistic with breathing, including movements for the rib cage, pelvis, chest, psoas, and shoulder girdle. Genre Learning