Redness never occurs anywhere else in class or in my life. It does however happen every BY class during those two poses. It usually takes 20-30 seconds (after half moon) to die down. The noise I’m making seems similar to the noise others make, I think..
With deep breathing, both ways (in & out) I normally only make it to 4 or 5 seconds. And it’s very difficult to ‘hold’ my breath during while stretching in half moon. No neck or shoulder pain. In deep breathing, my hands are close to my jaw, with probably my pinkies ‘out’ as in, past my chin. I’m having diffulties relaxing my shoulder during this posture.
I’d say my breath reaches to a little (2-3 inches?) under my ribcage. It does feel that it cant past a certain (low) part of my body.