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by readarticle 2285 days ago
Simply “fill” your chest while inhaling and your stomach can’t not go in.

Imagine a cartoon of someone taking a deep breath before blowing out a candle or something.

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It's unhealthy but anatomically possible to breathe while your abdomen is pulled in. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/319924

Try it. You end up breathing using your rib cage instead of your diaphragm.

That unhealthy form of breathing is called vertical breathing. The correct form is horizontal breathing [0] helpfully shared elsewhere in this thread.

0: https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/how-to-breathe/