Yoga can promote respiratory health by enhancing the strength and flexibility of your chest muscles. Your ribs and spine may become better aligned as well. Yoga can help open blocked airways often seen in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD. As a result, air circulation may improve, and the lungs become more efficient.
You are welcome to use props such as a towel or blanket to help assist this movement.
The cobra pose stretches your upper back and can help relieve back pain, shoulder tightness, or soreness in your upper body. This pose helps stretch your chest and lungs. The cobra pose strengthens the spine and can reduce asthmatic symptoms.
The cat cow pose improves spinal flexibility and posture, increases hip and pelvic mobility, and alleviates back pain. This movement helps us focus on our inhales and exhales which improves respiratory function.
The spinal twist helps to improve the efficiency of the respiratory system. Stretching your chest will activate the respiratory system and boost oxygen flow in your body. This yoga pose also improves spinal mobility and posture, opens the hips, and stretches the neck, chest, shoulders, upper and lower back. This movement can also help to promote digestion and is recommended to perform after eating.
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