Hooklying Breathing w/ Banded X-reach

1. 1Lie on your back in a hooklying position (knees bent, feet flat) with a band anchored overhead and held in both hands in an X pattern across your chest. Breathe in to expand the ribcage, then exhale fully while the band provides a gentle X-reach assist to expand the chest wall and facilitate thoracic mobility with each breath. Perform slow, deliberate breathing cycles, using the band tension to guide the ribcage open on inhalation. Avoid shallow chest breathing — feel the diaphragm descend, the lower ribs expand three-dimensionally, and the thorax open with each inhalation cycle.

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