Pranayama and Diaphragmatic Breathing Exercise Applied to Female Patients With Fibromyalgia

"Pranayama, one of the practices of yoga, is a Sanskrit word consisting of a combination of two words, a technique of rhythmic, controlled breathing. So prana means life breath/life energy and ayama means expansion/regulation/control. Pranayama helps to improve lung capacity, heart and respiratory functions, nervous and hormonal systems, as well as mental activity."

Diaphragmatic breathing is also known as deep breathing or slow abdominal breathing. This breathing exercise uses the diaphragm muscle. The diaphragm is the muscle under the lungs that supports the lungs in up and down breathing.