Jill Miller

That's going to create the grip for you, so you have to experiment in your house. I like, you know, bottle openers that you use to open a mayonnaise jar. Those are good. You have to have a few of those, and you can put those on some rolled-up towels. But the grip is really important, again, because we're talking about this layer cake. We're talking about trying to create—

That's going to create the grip for you, so you have to experiment in your house. I like, you know, bottle openers that you use to open a mayonnaise jar. Those are good. You have to have a few of those, and you can put those on some rolled-up towels. But the grip is really important, again, because we're talking about this layer cake. We're talking about trying to create—

horizontal forces, shear forces that are going from skin all the way to bone. But we're not just doing it with compression, like you said. We're not just pressing in. We're trying to traction and offload. So you have to look for that in your house.

horizontal forces, shear forces that are going from skin all the way to bone. But we're not just doing it with compression, like you said. We're not just pressing in. We're trying to traction and offload. So you have to look for that in your house.

I have many on Instagram. I have many free videos on YouTube. And I have this, I think I have a nine-minute version on YouTube of this one.

I have many on Instagram. I have many free videos on YouTube. And I have this, I think I have a nine-minute version on YouTube of this one.

It's so cool. I had to write a 480 page book about it. I love the diaphragm.

It's so cool. I had to write a 480 page book about it. I love the diaphragm.

Oh my goodness.

Oh my goodness.

Yes, the respiratory diaphragm, the respiratory diaphragm. Yeah, this is this interesting horizontal muscle, this sort of misshapen parachute inside of the rib cage. You have this partition between the abdominal organs and your heart and lungs. And this muscle acts as a a pump for both the viscera below it as well as the lungs and the heart above it. And it's also keeping those things separate.

Yes, the respiratory diaphragm, the respiratory diaphragm. Yeah, this is this interesting horizontal muscle, this sort of misshapen parachute inside of the rib cage. You have this partition between the abdominal organs and your heart and lungs. And this muscle acts as a a pump for both the viscera below it as well as the lungs and the heart above it. And it's also keeping those things separate.

If you didn't have your diaphragm, your small intestine would be coming out of your nose, most unattractive and disgusting. So it's there for that reason. The diaphragm Let me just rewind just a little bit.

If you didn't have your diaphragm, your small intestine would be coming out of your nose, most unattractive and disgusting. So it's there for that reason. The diaphragm Let me just rewind just a little bit.

When you're doing that decompression exercise, one of the cues, one of the attention cues that I gave to you and to the other folks here at the Perform podcast was to, once the balls were in place, was to deliberately breathe south of the rib cage, right? To breathe in a guttward direction. direction to breathe the energy of your attention into the balls that are on either side of your low back.

When you're doing that decompression exercise, one of the cues, one of the attention cues that I gave to you and to the other folks here at the Perform podcast was to, once the balls were in place, was to deliberately breathe south of the rib cage, right? To breathe in a guttward direction. direction to breathe the energy of your attention into the balls that are on either side of your low back.

And what that enables is you to begin to sense the actual excursion, the downward movement of your diaphragm on inhale.

And what that enables is you to begin to sense the actual excursion, the downward movement of your diaphragm on inhale.

And then it's relaxation on exhale. And this was basically a slow forced inhale, meaning you're deliberately inhaling. And then I asked them to not force the exhale. So the exhale was just what we call passive recoil in the diaphragm space, or rather in the fascia space. So we have this inhalation where you're feeling the movement of the diaphragm into the right and left ball. But what

And then it's relaxation on exhale. And this was basically a slow forced inhale, meaning you're deliberately inhaling. And then I asked them to not force the exhale. So the exhale was just what we call passive recoil in the diaphragm space, or rather in the fascia space. So we have this inhalation where you're feeling the movement of the diaphragm into the right and left ball. But what