Meditation training basic's #1

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Hi uniconr, With regards to your quote,holding your breath will starve fresh oxygen to the brain, well this is not the case. Depending on the person there is enough oxygen in your bloodstream to keep your organs and brain working perfectly for up to 10 mins, sometimes longer in rare cases. I am only saying in these exercises to do for an amount of time in seconds. These tecniques do require the breath to be held, as this focuses and empowers the energy.
What i do suggest is that if it is uncomfortable for a person to hold their breath for the length in the technique then change it to whatever amount is comfortable.

Originally Posted by uniconr

i have to disagree about the 'technique one step two' where the suggestion is to hold the breath. the longer you hold your breath, the longer its going to be before you inhale again and your brain will be starved for fresh oxygen until then. stopping the breathing apparatus can create a lot of tension in the body, especially neck and shoulders. i have found it far more effective to draw breath over longer counts and not interrupt your bodys natural desire to exhale.

i also stress breathing using the inward push and outward pull of the abdominal muscles to contract and release the diaphragm. you will feel the diaphragm as well as the intercostal muscles contract and expand, pumping the lungs for the deepest breaths. the abdominals, centred more or less on the navel, correspond to manipura, the stomach chakra. imagine manipura moving fore and aft, drawing and releasing your meridian like a bowstring. edit: this is for all breath, not only the sudden and rapid 'power breathing' of technique two.