Run For Life by Roy M. Wallack

Author:Roy M. Wallack
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The New Press
Published: 2011-01-26T05:00:00+00:00

Pose 3: Hero’s Pose with Breathing

This technical posture prepares the quads, pre-stretches and aligns the ankle, opens hip flexors, and, most of all, makes respiratory muscles more supple. It stretches the ribs, keeping them soft instead of brittle, and teaches the lungs to oxygenate more efficiently. “This will warm up the lung engine and permeate the body with prana (life force),” says Ilg.

Important: The arms and hands create a “skeletal brace” that keeps the spine erect, like the third leg of a tripod. Then, with mouth closed and chin down, you use a technique called Kaplabhati, “The Skull Shining Breath,” and make repeated sudden contractions of your abdominal muscles and diaphragm. This helps fire split-second breath “bullets” out of your nose (not mouth) like a wheezy machine gun. Try to contract your abs to your spine “like squeezing a toothpaste tube,” says Ilg. The constant up and down of the diaphragm exercises your internal organs and muscles.

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