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2 types of Belly Breathing and the ways

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The breath ways: Thoracic breathing Belly breathing Mixed chest and abdomen breathing Today we're going to focus on belly breathing. belly breathing is defined as consciously letting the abdominal muscles contract and expand with the breath. In simple terms, belly Breathing is to "breathe" with the abdomen. When you breathe, you can see the abdomen rises and falls significantly, the abdomen is concave when you exhale, and the abdomen is convex when you inhale. The organ responsible for gas exchange is still the lungs, but belly breathing creates respiratory movement by moving the diaphragm up and down, which causes the diaphragm to move up and down more, increasing the volume of the chest and increasing metabolism. There are two types of belly breathing Smooth breathing Inverse breathing Smooth breathing is when the abdominal muscles expand on the inhale and contract on the exhale. Inverse breathing is the opposite. The specific way of breathing along the abdomen is to ke