This is the second post in our series about diaphragms. Our thoracic diaphragm is often called the “breathing diaphragm” because it is the primary muscle involved in creating the conditions for our lungs to breathe.
As we know, our thoracic diaphragm lives at the level of the solar plexus. Our diaphragms integrate what is above with what is below. They provide a moving platform for heart and lungs above, and a cave for organs and nervous system tissues below.
As human beings we often harden and resist experiences, thoughts, feelings, etc. One of the places this resistance tends to settle is right in the region and tissues of our diaphragms. Rigidity can develop and increase over a lifetime. As we learn to put our life’s experiences into a larger context we may be able to find ways to release the hardening of tissues that at one time we may have needed for our very survival. In learning the layered humanity of our anatomy we can often uncover keys for healing.
Next post in this series will be:
Movement to Free the Thoracic Diaphragm
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Embodied Anatomy | Thoracic Diaphragm