How does breathing impact musculature?
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Your main factor in flexibility is your central nervous system (your brain). It tries to protect you from injuries by tensing muscles around a joint as soon as they signal their end of safe range of motion.
However, to increase that range of motion you have to relax said muscles and that works best by relaxing and easing into the stretch.
Controlling your breath is the best way to calm down and relax. Your rhythm of breathing stimulates your autonomous nervous system and signals your level of arousal to your brain.
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