Jill Miller

It's doing its thing. But your intercostals may not be rhythmically moving very well. You may have inappropriate stiffness in this relationship between the transversus abdominis. And the diaphragm, you may not be getting good rib excursion or you may be over breathing by using what we call accessory breathing muscles. In body by breath, I break breathing into three different zones of breathing.

It's doing its thing. But your intercostals may not be rhythmically moving very well. You may have inappropriate stiffness in this relationship between the transversus abdominis. And the diaphragm, you may not be getting good rib excursion or you may be over breathing by using what we call accessory breathing muscles. In body by breath, I break breathing into three different zones of breathing.

There's zone one, which is this area that we've been talking about, this very relaxing gut expansion, diaphragm descending. Zone two is the area of the intercostals. in combination with the diaphragm. So we have rib upward rotation, rib downward rotation. And this is, you know, you have 12 sets of ribs on one side and 12 sets of ribs on the other, and they've got to be moving well.

There's zone one, which is this area that we've been talking about, this very relaxing gut expansion, diaphragm descending. Zone two is the area of the intercostals. in combination with the diaphragm. So we have rib upward rotation, rib downward rotation. And this is, you know, you have 12 sets of ribs on one side and 12 sets of ribs on the other, and they've got to be moving well.

But if you are a person who is under A lot of stress and diabolical stress. Eventually, if you're only doing rib breathing all the time, which is over time this is a sympathetic breathing style, you'll probably end up defaulting into what I call zone three breathing. And that zone three breathing is face, neck, shoulder type of breath where you're... You're really gasping for air.

But if you are a person who is under A lot of stress and diabolical stress. Eventually, if you're only doing rib breathing all the time, which is over time this is a sympathetic breathing style, you'll probably end up defaulting into what I call zone three breathing. And that zone three breathing is face, neck, shoulder type of breath where you're... You're really gasping for air.

And you can see this in asthmatics. You can see this in sudden onset of panic. But this is also not always necessarily a harmful breath. You'll have this type of zone three breath in an orgasm, like a really heightened sense of delight. So you'll hear these air-filled type of breaths that are very, very shallow. But it's not a long-term strategy for health.

And you can see this in asthmatics. You can see this in sudden onset of panic. But this is also not always necessarily a harmful breath. You'll have this type of zone three breath in an orgasm, like a really heightened sense of delight. So you'll hear these air-filled type of breaths that are very, very shallow. But it's not a long-term strategy for health.

So the way we test for it is through responses to touch in these different areas. So I think that neck and shoulder pain are very common. And I think with the use of tech, it's gotten worse and worse and worse because you have the hand-to-eye positioning that comes from holding cell phones.

So the way we test for it is through responses to touch in these different areas. So I think that neck and shoulder pain are very common. And I think with the use of tech, it's gotten worse and worse and worse because you have the hand-to-eye positioning that comes from holding cell phones.

So we can be in the cast of a Zone 3 breather more often than probably our ancestors because of our close environment with work and with tech. Yeah.

So we can be in the cast of a Zone 3 breather more often than probably our ancestors because of our close environment with work and with tech. Yeah.

And so these tensions in the face, neck, jaw, eyes, shoulders, all the way through the brachial plexus down into hands and fingers, I think are providing more sort of a simulation of zone three armoring that is really unnecessary for efficient length tension in zones one, two, and three.

And so these tensions in the face, neck, jaw, eyes, shoulders, all the way through the brachial plexus down into hands and fingers, I think are providing more sort of a simulation of zone three armoring that is really unnecessary for efficient length tension in zones one, two, and three.

Chronic neck pain, jaw pain, headaches. That would be somebody – or hand pain, right? So anything that is coming from this – all the areas that I described. So this would be – we would be addressing that in zone three. What do we do for that? Well, typically, I'll do some zone two work first.

Chronic neck pain, jaw pain, headaches. That would be somebody – or hand pain, right? So anything that is coming from this – all the areas that I described. So this would be – we would be addressing that in zone three. What do we do for that? Well, typically, I'll do some zone two work first.

first because you don't really get your shoulders to sit on top of your rib cage well unless your rib cage is able to upwardly and downwardly rotate well. So I'll do a lot of sideline positions on the gorgeous balls on the rib cage. And I'll train people to use the ball as an elastic biofeedback. So they'll do breathing in sideline, also in front line.

first because you don't really get your shoulders to sit on top of your rib cage well unless your rib cage is able to upwardly and downwardly rotate well. So I'll do a lot of sideline positions on the gorgeous balls on the rib cage. And I'll train people to use the ball as an elastic biofeedback. So they'll do breathing in sideline, also in front line.

So they'll place the ball on their sternum with their body weight and feel the intrathoracic pressures changing as they breathe into the tool. And so you start to pick up on the movements of breathing. And these sensing of the movements of breathing helps you anchor you into more and more appropriate

So they'll place the ball on their sternum with their body weight and feel the intrathoracic pressures changing as they breathe into the tool. And so you start to pick up on the movements of breathing. And these sensing of the movements of breathing helps you anchor you into more and more appropriate