Latissimus Muscles Exercise in Qigong

The latissimus muscles are those that are located next to the area of the lungs. The idea is to stimulate and energize them. Use your mind to draw air to the sides of your lungs and move the latissimus muscles outward.

This skill involves being able to lead and isolate air into different sections of the lungs, in this case to the sides of the lungs. Focus on moving the air outward toward the latissimus muscles. Inhale deeply into both sides of your lungs, expanding the muscles and ribs outward toward the arms. Exhale and release the air, while using your mind and the sigh sound to relax the muscles around the lungs. Each time you inhale, try to fill your lungs to about 80 percent of their capacity, and surf the breath. Relax your shoulders, neck, and face. As you exhale, remember not to collapse the thoracic spine. Click to learn how Chinese medicine treats Eczema.

You can actually monitor if you are doing this breathing correctly by placing the thumbs on the side of the lungs and the fingers toward the front of your ribs. When you exhale, your fingers will touch each other, and when inhaling, they will move and separate from one another. If you can have them move toward and away from each other, you are doing it correctly and you have mastered this wing breath breathing skill.