Most people are shallow, chest breathers. This type of breathing puts you in a sympathetic state (fight or flight)…. Which means you are not draining!!! Your diaphragm is what pumps the lymph from your bellybutton and below. Remember ALL of your lymph below your ribcage drains up at your left collarbone. The only way it gets up there is by belly breathing 😉 So when do you incorporate diaphragmatic breathing? Answer: Ideally all the time 😉 Throughout your day. Now that’s not likely to happen ri

Shallow, chest breathing does contribute to fluid retention… especially in our abdomen and legs. This is because once the fluid from our legs gets into the groin lymphatic’s it goes into the thoracic duct. The thoracic duct runs deep. We can’t physically move it with dry brushing or manual massage. But we can move it with deep belly breathing (diaphragmatic breathing.) So if you are struggling to move the fluid in the lower half of your body look at how you are breathing. I bet you’ll be surpris

In order to experience results from lymphatic drainage you need to be moving it in the right direction with the right pressure. Too much pressure = no results Wrong direction = no results Wrong order = no results These reasons are WHY people aren’t getting the benefits from doing lymphatic drainage. Making sure your termini (where all of your lymphatic fluid drains) is open (ie not congested) is super important… otherwise there isn’t anywhere for it to move too. Are you moving your fluid towards