Final Breathing

Where is the Primary Focus?
Lungs and Abdominal Muscles

Where Does the Posture Provide Maximum Benefits? Improved circulation.

When and Where Could I Feel the Stretch?
Primarily in your abdominals. Possibly in your back muscles from sitting with great posture. 

Why Should I Do This Posture?
It’s the last active thing the class does together. It’s symmetrical; you start with a breathing practice, you end with a breathing practice. Mostly because it helps you cool down and sets you up for a great savasana. 

How Can I Improve?
Posture is such a big element in this breathing exercise. The more you can keep your back straight, the better you will do. How you sit is just as important. Sitting on your heels with your knees and toes together is preferred. You are once again compressing your knees and stretching your ankles. But if this hurts, you might want to try cross-legged, or any way that keeps you stable.
When you keep your arms straight and spine straight, you create more room for your lungs to move.
Like so many things in life, there have been many variations of how this posture looks and sounds. Some teachers used to put an emphasis on sound, so people would make a “ch” sound or a train sounds, which isn't wrong, but slows the flow of the air from your lungs down and causes you to keep your tongue and jaw tensed instead of relaxed.

The way to get the most air from your lungs while keeping as many muscles as possible relaxed is to open your mouth about an inch wide, relax all of your muscles in your face, and only use your abdominal muscles to push the air out. When you concentrate on just your abdominals, you can notice the bellows effect that when all of the air is pushed out, your lungs create a vacuum effect to fill them up again, letting you only concentrate on blowing out.