Breathing Better for A Safer Spine: The Yogic TATD Breath

Breathing For A Safer Spine: The Yogic TATD Breath

The deeper stabilizers of the trunk are well supported in the literature, such as transversus abdominus (TvA), to be the major players of lumbopelvic force closure.   They are responsible, as part of a global stabilizing system, in conjunction with the multifidi and other synergists such as the respiratory diaphragm and the pelvic floor “sling”, to increase intra-abdominal pressure and create spinal unloading.  Yoga postures and breathing provide unique opportunities for concurrent development of strength and mobililty in the spine.   Medical Therapeutic Yoga  recalibrates yoga for the evidence-base, making it a valid choice for rehabilitation in both psycho-emotional and physical arenas.  TATD breath makes provision for safer and more effective yoga practice  as a form of diaphragmatic yogic breathing that considers the last 20 years in lumbopelvic stability research while promoting meditation via vagus nerve stimulation and achieving allostastis in the individual.