Emma demonstrates upper body stretches on a full inhale, followed immediately with a full exhale.
Emma demonstrates two-part breath. This is two thirds of a full breath in and out. It’s best to practise this first before a complete inhalation (the three part breath), as you want to make sure you remain relaxed you don’t do the work with your upper chest and shoulders.
Emma demonstrates Battlement Breathing (so called because it is in the shape of battlements). However, you may have come across this exercise before as ‘box’ breathing. It is incredibly relaxing, and helps with breath awareness and control.
Here is a FREE 15 minute Wake Up Practice Breathing Optimisation Class created by Emma Farrell.
Emma created a unique programme of yoga and freediving techniques to improve breathing, lung function, CO2 and lactic acid tolerance, confidence and performance.
Here is a FREE 15 minute Wind Down Practice Breathing Optimisation Class created by Emma Farrell.
Emma created a unique programme of yoga and freediving techniques to improve breathing, lung function, CO2 and lactic acid tolerance, confidence and performance.
This is a gentle introduction to breathing optimisation, and as some of the attendees told me afterwards, was a lovely gentle session with no breath hold training, which they would like to incorporate into their regular, more advanced breathing optimisation training as a relaxation session.
Join Emma for another free breathing optimisation class! This time to celebrate student Jude's birthday, incorporating all of Jude's favourite exercises.
This recording was a free class for students attending Emma's regular breathing optimisation class as it was Carol's (one of the student's) birthday.
This class is suitable for all levels and includes some of Carol's favourite breathing exercises.
Emma Farrell demonstrates short sequence of upper body stretches for all. They can be very useful done at your desk, before a dive session or whenever you feel like it!
Emma Farrell leads you through three rounds of Kapalabhati (the pumping breath) with breath retention.
Please watch the videos on how to do kapalabhati first!
Emma Farrell shows you how to perform a yogi diaphragm stretching exercise called Uddiyana Bandha with two variations.
Emma Farrell shows you how to perform Kapalabhati with breath retentions
Emma Farrell shows you how to perform Kapalabhati breathing; a yoga kriya also known as the pumping breath or the shining skull breath.
Emma Farrell shows you some basic stretches you can do before breathing practice to aid with flexibility and comfort
Emma Farrell teaches you how to sit comfortably and correctly for breathing exercises suitable for yoga and freediving.
Emma Farrell shows you how to breathe abdominally and do a full three part inhale and exhale