Inside Parkinson's

I LOVE YOGA!  I take classes at a local studio.  Ok, not exactly.  The classes are live streaming during COVID.  I love yoga because it makes me pay attention to my breath. Yoga just feels good and helps you relax.  I don’t know about you, but I don’t always pay attention to the most important thing in my body: Breathing. Sometimes the body reminds me that I need to pay more attention.  I have asthma, so at times, I literally cannot control my breathing.  I appreciate the breath.  I am grateful for the breath.  
Yoga with Adrienne  offers a great segment for breathing called Reunite with Your Breath.  She tells you to raise your arms as you inhale.  We all can do that, right?  She continues and asks you to stop raising your arms when the inhale stops.  I thought for sure I was inhaling the entire time my arms were raising.  Nope.  My arms stopped a little over half way.  Shocking! The conclusion is that I inhale and exhale in a shallow manner.  Well, so now I am working on taking deeper and longer breaths. Reuniting with the breath is something to come back to when your breath is shallow. All of us get in that place. It’s important to breathe and be aware of the breath. Take some time today and focus on the breath.