Talk:Diaphragmatic breathing

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[edit] Merge proposal

Diaphragmatic breathing and Abdominal breathing are the same kind of breathing. Davin7 17:22, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

No Merge. They are not the same thing. Diaphramatic breathing presupposes voluntary control of the diaphram, whereas abdominal breathing uses the muscles of the abdominal wall to move the organs and "pull" the diaphram in a secondary action. You can breath abdominally without breathing diaphramatically, and vice versa. They are mutually exclusive, althoughthey can be accessed as a concerted activity. Any 1st year Med student, intermediate Yoga student versed in pranayama, or pratitioner of Chi Kung, Nei Gong, Tai Chi, Baqua, or Kalarippayattu will tell you the same thing. --69.0.51.55 17:31, 12 October 2007 (UTC)
No. Davin7, what do you do? disappear for a few days, go take a class, learn some nominal information, and then drag it here as the Gods-Honest-Truth? Honestly, some of your suggestions are worthwhile, but some of them are just plain wrong. Regretably, this is one of them, and that's a medical opinion. --Sadhaka 17:36, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

Merge: The complete breath consists of three phases:

  • diaphragmatic breathing = abdominal breathing
  • thoracic breathing = costal breathing
  • clavicle breathing = collarbone breathing [1] [2] [3] Davin7 12:51, 13 October 2007 (UTC)
You can't vote on your own vote. It's apparent you want to merge.
Also, these are Yoga references...the discussion is above is specific to a medical perspective. You're wrong, because your premise is flawed. --69.120.118.244 21:23, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
First, I'm not voting.
Secondly, if I were, you were not allowed to vote.
Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a parliament. Davin7 17:56, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
  • Merge - both terms are used synonymously, there's not enough marking-off material to justify 2 articles. --Oxymoron83 18:58, 17 October 2007 (UTC)