This class (along with the article) has taught me that we breathe from many different places in our bodies, that from where and how often we breathe changes, and that all of this can occur without our awareness. For example, I’ve known for some time about breathing from the ribs and how it differs from breathing from the abdomen (I’m primarily a diaphragmatic breather myself) – but I never really thought about breathing into the back – something we practice in class. Also, the idea of the trunk represented as two cylinders, as presented in the article, is something I hadn’t thought about before, but I think it’s a great way to really imagine what takes place during inhalation and exhalation. I actually found myself breathing and trying to imagine the cylinders working with each other. It’s amazing that something so automatic yet so essential can seem so different with just a little acknowledgement.