Episode 4: Breathing and the Diaphragm

Franklin Method Fellowship

In this episode we continue with breathing and look more closely at the diaphragm. Have you ever wondered how to train your diaphragm? In this episode we look at the location, where it attaches, the qualities, how it moves and exercises to encourage mobility and a good range of motion in your diaphragm. Your diaphragm is like any other muscle in the body that needs to be trained.

Timeline of Episode 4:

“My feet are adaptable, my heart is elastic, my lungs are strong” ~ Solange Ross

3:30 Swimming imagery,

5:35 Model of expandable sphere as the lungs and frisbee and the diaphragm.

6:30 Say SHH during exhalation to restore more of a parasympathetic response.

“Breathing is very important for the fundamentals of life” ~ Debora Chasse

8:00 Why do we breathe?

The diaphragm drives the movement of the lungs as the lungs go along for the ride.

11:15 What negatively affecting our breathing?

15:00 Drawing of Diaphragm movement during respirations.

20:03 Shake arm for about a minute.

25.36 Shake your diaphragm.

29:24 Bounce your diaphragm.

31:00 Jump rope with your diaphragm.

31:55 Check in, notice and feel your body, notice your diaphragm.

34:33 Stretching your diaphragm with your FM bands. Spine pushing into the band with your back, Extending your spine as you use the band for to increase your extension forward. Side bending your spine as your arm stretches the band in the opposite direction. Rotate your spine as you pull the band in the same direction you are rotating.

Following today's practice do you feel coordinated and more organized?