A really nice way to use the breath to bring a little more energy into our day,
Into the way we feel,
Is to focus on powerful exhalations.
Also,
We bring the speed a little faster than normal.
So it's a combination of making them stronger and faster.
And everyone is going to work a little differently with these okay the easiest to begin with when we're using the breath to energize is to focus just on the exhale so we're going to let the inhales happen naturally So for this practice,
All the awareness is here in the lower belly.
We're not trying to move our whole body here.
It's as if the whole body,
The chest,
The head,
The legs,
The arms stay still.
And we're just getting like a pumping motion with the lower belly.
Inhale,
We don't think.
Exhale.
On the exhale,
Powerfully And with speed,
As they say,
You bring the navel,
The spine,
Or really strengthen the belly.
The inhale happens naturally.
So exhale with force through the nose.
It'll be like this.
So for now,
What I'm going to recommend is use this force,
This power.
Is more important than the speed.
What I've noticed a lot is people think they got it once they start going into these type of practices.
It's speed that matters.
So while speed is important,
We're actually given more.
Attention.
To really forceful exhalations,
Really cleansing out.
It will almost feel like you're blowing your nose.
This is actually sometimes you do these practices,
Especially if you're living somewhere in a cold environment or you have a cold or stuffed nose.
This is a great practice to actually keep some tissues around to cleanse.
I'm going to keep it at what I call a medium pace,
Not too slow,
Not super fast.
So if you can use my pace,
Great.
If it's too fast,
Though,
And you find yourself it's becoming too difficult and you're losing control of your breath,
Slow it down or even just stop and go to a relaxing breath.
We're going to try to do 20 of these.
So remember,
Inhale happens naturally.
Exhale,
Powerful through the nose,
And you're shrinking the belly,
As they say,
Navel to spine.
So it'll be like this.
We're gonna do 20 of those.
On the 21st,
I'm just gonna say,
Okay,
Breathe in slow.
And very slow exhalation i'll count it off the last five so you don't have to count okay so i'll be counting and then towards the end i'll say five four three two one and relax okay so let's start with an exhale Take an inhale.
And begin.
Five four three two one and breathe in slow and nice long exhalation very common when you do these practices you might start to feel a little lightheaded you might feel the heart rate kind of get a little faster very important when you're doing these even though your intent is to energize take at least a minute or so to now relax the breath Do some very nice slow,
Deep,
Calming breaths.
And just get that kind of hard rate back in balance.
