Breath-Stretching: A Guide to Breath Power and Stretching Fitness

Since a young age, I've had an interest in yoga and Tai chi. I've been on a quest to understand and use their principles for breath control and vitality. Countless sources have provided teaching and knowledge along the way. Breath-stretching is the result of examining the foundations of breath and movement principles to distill their essence and combine them into a unified system.

Breath-stretching explores fundamental principles of breath and movement as the keys to revitalizing the body's energy. It explores how to become aware of and control the breath for smooth, deep, powerful breathing. Breath power feels good, relieves stress, strengthens the core muscles, and is easy to develop.

Breath-stretching shows how to move with the breath. Whether you're out of shape, a conditioned athlete, a practitioner of yoga, or Tai chi you can use these techniques to release strain, develop strength, and move with precision and grace using a no-impact system of exercise.

Breath control is explained as one technique using four variations. Movement is explained as the motion of the body's vertical and horizontal axes relative to its centerline using the rhythm of one-breath movement. Its approach to breathing and movement exercise is the development of focus, relaxed control, and rhythm.