How To Do Diaphragm Exercises In Hatha Yoga Video

Breath of Fire is a great way to work the diaphragm and abs. Learn how to do diaphragm exercises in Hatha yoga in this fitness video.

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Sit comfortably
Tap on third eye
Focus on exhalations
Pump belly
Make sound with breath

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Cindy Mastry has practiced yoga since the age of eight, and also has a background in Jazz and Ballet. Active in the fitness industry for nearly twenty years, she teaches aerobics, kickboxing, and yoga at many fitness centers in the Tampa Bay area. Cindy trained with 84 year-old Master Yogi Monk, Baba Hari Dass at the Mt. Madonna Center in California and owns/operates "Yoga Etc Studio" in St. Petersburg, Florida. Cindy teaches yoga to people of all ages and experience levels and at very competitive rates.

CINDY MASTRY: Namaste. Breath of fire is a great way to work the diaphragm, abdominal area of your body. It's a cleansing breath. It's also really good if you have asthma, allergies, cleans out circulatory system area in the lungs. So we're going to ask Faith to come in an easy seated posture to something where you can seat comfortably for a little bit of time. She's going to relax her hands on her knees. Good. And she's going to inhale in and she's going to place her hand on her belly because she's going to pump her belly. This is a chest breath so we want to think about the pounding on the chest more. And we want to think about tapping on the third eye. You're going to take an inhale and then you're going to take sharp exhalations, pumping the belly with sound. So notice how the belly is moving in and out. Notice how the shoulders aren't moving up and down. The only thing that is moving is the belly. The inhale just happens. You just concentrate on the exhalation and the pounding of the third eye, so tapping on the third eye. Good. Pumping the belly and making sound with the breath.

How to Do Diaphragm Exercises in Hatha Yoga Video

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