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Description

Breathing is our most basic life force, but too often it is taken for granted. In this online Pilates workshop, Michaela Goorahoo breaks down the chemical and neurological aspects of breath while providing tools to assess your client's breathing and strategies to improve the quality and function of respiration.

With simple exercises and minimal props, you can start to unwind inefficiencies that inhibit optimal breathing while bringing more awareness to the importance of a ‘breath practice’ for your clients both in and outside the studio.

Objectives

  • Explore how to release the thorax to encourage optimal glide of the diaphragm.
  • Understand the mechanics of breathing.
  • Relate the psoas to the breathing mechanism.
  • Explore the exchange of gasses during respiration and how oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood system regulate ph.


Concepts & Techniques

  • Apical vs Diaphragmatic breathing
  • Assessing the Bradcliffe Angle
  • Nasal vs. Mouth Breathing
  • Breathing exercises to both calm and rev up the nervous system.

Props & Equipment Used

  • Balls
  • Inflatable Pilates ball (25 cm)
  • Small hand weight - 1-5 lb depending on client.

Workshop Level

  • Beginner
  • Intermediate


Duration & Access

This workshop is approximately 1.33 hours long and you have 30 days of access.
(No expiration for Forever Access Members)
 

More Details

* This workshop is great for all clients, but especially those who have trouble focusing, are mouth breathers, or suffer from chronic stress.
 
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About Michaela Goorahoo

Michaela Goorahoo is a Pilates instructor and BREATHE ™ Certified Coach. She is the owner of EXPAND+BREATHE in San Luis Obispo, CA. Growing up in the Midwest as a young child, Michaela start... Find Out More Other Workshops by Michaela Goorahoo

Feedback on The Science and Psychology of Breathing & Movement by Michaela Goorahoo

" I loved all the breathing techniques Michaela taught. I thought bringing in the chemistry behind gas exchange and breath was great, but I did get a little lost in the explanation and application of it. I think a separate workshop on that would be helpful. "

Meg E

" Excellent explanations and exercises. "

Irene L

   

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