Namaste everybody.
Here's a series of breathing techniques which I've used over
the years and which are ancient in their origin and come from various sources
including pranayama,
The Taoist yogas and various indigenous yogas.
Generally
speaking they can be called prana or breath or chi breathing and they're
designed to help us breathe into specific parts of the body and to learn
to discern and use and work with breath and energy as distinct but interconnected
factors.
The first one is the nine bags.
Here we breathe into different parts of
the torso which help us to breathe and use the whole lung.
The first is in the
lower abdomen in the front.
We do three repetitions.
So now just as you sit
comfortably,
Legs crossed or in a chair,
Make sure you're sitting straight on
your Poochie bum,
Straight spine,
Chin slightly down,
Eyebrows raised up
slightly and generally when you can keep the tongue connected behind the upper
teeth.
So as you breathe in feel and imagine the air coming into the lower
abdomen in the front and then filling the lungs.
Breathe.
Relax,
Breathe out.
Breathe.
Relax and breathe out into the lower abdomen in the front.
Breathe.
Relax and breathe out.
Now we'll do three breaths into the lower abdomen at the
sides of the torso.
Take your mind to the sides of the torso in the lower part of
the body.
Imagine and feel that breath coming in at that location.
Begin.
Breathe.
Breathe out,
Feeling that torso expand and then relax.
Again,
Breathe.
Relax and
breathe out.
And again,
Breathe in.
Relax and breathe out.
Now we'll take our
awareness to the back,
The lower back.
So we're talking about the rear of the
abdomen at the back.
Take your mind's awareness to there and imagine and feel
the breath coming in at that location as you fill the lungs from the base up.
Three breaths,
Breathing in.
And out,
Relax.
Breathe in.
Relax and breathe out.
Again,
Breathe in to the lower back.
Relax and breathe out.
Now,
Bring your awareness to the
upper back.
We'll start at the rear.
As you breathe in to the upper back at the rear,
Feel the whole
chest expand.
Breathing in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
Again,
Breathe in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
One more,
Breathe in to the upper back.
Relax,
Breathe out.
Now,
We shall breathe in to the upper back at the sides.
Feel the sides of the chest expand with each
breath.
Bring your awareness to the sides of the chest.
Breathe in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
Again,
Breathe in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
One more,
Breathe in.
Fill the lungs.
Relax and breathe out.
Now,
We'll breathe in to the front
of the chest.
Bring your awareness to the centre line of the chest.
Breathe in for three breaths,
Expand.
Relax and breathe out.
Breathe in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
And one more,
Breathe in.
Relax and breathe out.
Now,
We'll do whole back,
Lower and upper.
Keep your mind in both places
and bring the air into the body at those locations.
Lower back and upper back.
Breathe in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
Breathe in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
And again,
Breathe in,
Lower and upper back.
Relax and breathe out.
Now,
Bring your awareness to the sides,
The abdominal,
The lower sides,
And the chest sides.
Both sides,
Breathing in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
Lower and upper,
Both sides,
Breathing in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
And one more,
Breathe in.
Relax and breathe out.
Now,
Bring your awareness to the lower
abdomen and the chest,
And at the same time,
Breathe into both locations.
Breathe in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
Breathe in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
And one more,
Breathe in.
Relax,
Breathe out.
Sit calmly in normal,
Conscious breathing.
Keep the chin down,
Eyebrows slightly raised,
Tongue rolled up,
Palms in touch with the roof of the mouth behind the upper teeth.
Feel the breath coming into the lower abdomen first and then filling the whole torso,
Lungs.
Breathing in through the back of the sinuses and throat into the lower abdomen.
Abdominal breathing.
Calmly,
Without effort or stress.
Feel.
If you can't feel,
Imagine what it would feel like.
Not imagining things,
But using imagination as a tool to lower our resistance to awareness.
Gentle breathing.
Sit calmly.
Observe what's happening within you and around you.
As conscious living blood,
I am,
We are here on this planet,
Here now,
Blessed in truth,
Love,
Goodness and wisdom.
My true heart's wish is paradise for all life.
Everywhere.
There it is and so it is.
Namaste.
