Hi Liliana
I should ask you if you’re trying to ‘suck in your stomach’ consciously on the inhales.
The thing to focus on is to allow the lower ribs to move out and to move up slightly. The ribs won’t be moving down. With the stretch in the torso the diaphragm won’t be able to move down as in abdomino-diaphragmatic breath. Your diaphragm and ribs work together here (because of where the diaphragm attaches): The spreading of the lower ribs will help the diaphragm’s activation. Relax your belly, let the stretch do what it does to the torso and just find the freedom in the lower part of the ribs.
Come back if that doesn’t make sense in your body and I will find another way to explain it.
Namaste
Gabrielle 🙂
