Stress, travel, and poor eating habits can sometimes slow things down in your digestive system, making it hard to poop.

Hold this breath for five seconds, then exhale slowly through your mouth. Doing this exercise for five minutes each day can improve your lung capacity and help you gain control over your breath.

The question is, though: Are you breathing efficiently? The answer to that depends on whether or not you’re fully using your diaphragm, a key breathing muscle. Like any muscle of the body ...

When you’re wearing yoga pants that squeeze your lower abdomen and don’t permit expansion, the contents of your core will keep moving upward. This means your diaphragm is constricted ...