Whats the comparison between the breathing techniques of Pilates and Yoga?
In both practices the goal is to gain breath control and to coordinate your breath with your movement. With Pilates the initial breath focus would be to stabilize the abdominal wall and expand your chest with an inward, upward and backward inhalation. This enables you to keep your core abdominal muscles engaged, therefore protecting the vulnerable lumber, lower back, region from unsupported movements which can lead to injuries. Lots of people understand yoga breath as “belly breathing.” This is ideal for a relaxing practice, opening awareness of the pelvis, the pelvic organs, the digestive system, the torso, the heart, the lungs, and other regions. But, your lungs are not in your belly. When you are relaxed, as you inhale the lungs expand and press the diaphragm downward, thus protruding the belly. You can train the abdominal muscles to lift in and up on the inhalation , expanding the chest, lengthening the spine, and finding unexplored depths of the lung capacity. This is how you supp
