Diaphragmatic Breathing for Better posture
For those of you suffering from neck pain, poor posture and stress, this might be a good fix to help with creating a better posture.
1) Lye on your back, relax and put one hand on your chest, and your other hand on your stomach. Take five deep breaths, and try to notice which hand rises more predominantly. If you find the hand over your chest rising more than the stomach, it shows that you rely on your chest and poor posture muscles instead of using your diaphragm to breath.
2) Practice your breathing protocols with 3 sets of 60 seconds of breathing with your stomach rising and pushing into your hands. This will not only reduce your transient stress levels and increase breathing efficiency, but also reduce the over activation of bad posture muscles such as the Scalenes and Levater Scapula.
3) Progress to 3x 5 minute protocols after a week. You will feel less stress and have better posture in no time.