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Intra-Abdominal Pressure Retraining
with a Diaphragmatic Breath

Like a soda can, your torso has a top (vocal cords), bottom (pelvic floor), and cannister (abdominal wall & multifidi muscles). In the middle is your diaphragm muscle. Together they work to regulate your intra-thoracic pressure and intra-abdominal pressure (IAP). Pressures are changed by movement, breathing, and postures that ultimately shift our organs (and more) against the structures that enclose them.

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When the soda can is open or deformed, the pressure is not able to sufficiently stabilize and it becomes easier to change the can’s shape. Similarly if the IAP of our body is not regulated by the abdominal muscles, stabilizing spinal muscles, stacked diaphragm, and pelvic floor then the structure of the trunk is open to dysfunction,

 

Our diaphragmatic breath holds the power to retrain our body to reap the benefits of well managed intra-abdominal pressure.

Benefits

Integrate with Yoga

Explore the entry practice of IAP retraining with the recording below.

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Remember Lynn Marie enjoys bringing the gift of yoga to you. Reach out if you'd like to experience the power of this work within a yoga practice.

This is perfect for a private workshop for one or a group.

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References

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  • Stokes IAF, Gardner-Morse MG, Henry SM. Abdominal muscle activation increases lumbar spinal stability: analysis of contributions of different muscle groups. Clin Biomech. (Bristol). 2011;26(8):797-803. doi:10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2011.04.006

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