Welcome to the Franklin Method Fellowship! Episode 2 is on the lungs. In this episode we look at the functions of the lungs, the qualities of our lungs, we sense and feel the location of the lungs with tapping, and we move our spine in all directions using imagery for the lungs. After each exercise in this episode, we notice improvements in breathing, posture, balance, and feeling calm. Enjoy the episode and please share your experience and images as you go through the practice.

Episode 2: The Lungs Timeline

7:10 mins Why do we breathe? Does your posture affect your breathing?

14:26 mins What are the qualities of the lungs?

19:60 mins Anatomy of the lungs.

23:13 mins Notice how the top of the lung goes above the collar bone.

26:25 mins The lungs are two mountains with snowy peaks at the top above the first rib.

27:13 mins Check in. Posture, breathing, presence. Compare your right side of your lung to your left side. Is it easy to breath into both lungs.

30:00 mins Tapping mechanoreceptors, sensory organs found under the skin to increase proprioception.

36:40 mins Imagine the lungs as delicate laced butterfly wings and the body as the sternum. or Birds flapping their wings.

38:30 mins Flex and extend your spine. Imagine the lung flexing with it during spine flexion on one side.

40:30 mins Side bend your spine to one side as you notice your spongy lung on the opposite side is sliding up and over your heart.

54:18 mins Swing your arms around your spine. Imagine swinging your lungs around your spine as your lungs follow the same direction you are swinging to.

58:10 mins Take 3 breaths as you notice the air coming in to the airway trees, coming in from your nose to your trachea, into your entire lungs, resting onto your diaphragm.