(2) When breathing forward, the diaphragm descends and the abdomen bulges, while when exhaling, the diaphragm rises and the abdomen sinks. It is characterized by the diaphragm moving up and down and the abdominal muscles moving back and forth greatly, which is very important to increase the breathing depth.
Massage the liver, spleen, stomach and other internal organs is beneficial.
(3) The diaphragm rises when inhaling against the breath, and the abdomen is depressed, while the diaphragm falls when exhaling, and the abdomen is raised. It is just the opposite of the abdominal fluctuation of forward breathing method, but its motion amplitude and intensity are greater than that of forward breathing method.
(4) Pronunciation and vocalization: inhale through the nose and exhale through the mouth. Is this health qigong? The main breathing method of the six-character formula is to pronounce six pronunciations through oral breathing, and adjust the qi of the corresponding viscera with different pronunciations.
In addition to the above classification, according to different requirements, the commonly used pranayama methods of health qigong can also be divided into chest breathing, abdominal breathing and chest-abdomen combined breathing.