The Thalamus: The ultimate relay station: Take time to allow yourself to take things in. Stop the freeze. Open your senses
Our scapulas (shoulder blades) move opposite then our lungs with respiration. The lungs expand, the bottoms going down with diaphragm and the tops being pulled laterally and rotating posterior. The scapulas move down and laterally with their top inner edge opening down and away from the clavicle. the scapulas indirectly massage the lungs and are also the top 1/2 of the shoulder joint.
breathing muscles in thoracic and abdominal cavities
Organ Meat: a visceral experience. Learn what your organs feel like
Latissimus dorsi stretch and Thoracic outlet opening
This stretch/pushing activity can actually open the thoracic outlet (top of shoulders between scapula and clavicle, opening up the blood vessels that go to your brain, neck, thyroid, thymus, and actually the whole body. It also opens the nerve plexuses that go to your arms, back, diaphragm, face and thoracic/abdominal organs.
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