Hello again,
As promised here is part two of our Omnidirectional Breath or Circular Breathing.
Sorry,
Sound of a bird above me.
If you missed part one then just look at my previous post and you can find part one.
Omnidirectional Breath is about feeling the movement in the front,
The sides and the back of the body rather than just the front which is quite often where we bring our attention to,
Bringing this sense of wholeness in the body,
In the breath and in ourselves at large.
So part two today,
Same thing,
Take your scarf or your belt,
Whatever you have to hand,
Place it around the area of the diaphragm,
The midline of the body here.
So the diaphragm is important muscle in breathing and what happens is as you breathe in the diaphragm in fact goes down and as you breathe and as you breathe out it comes up.
It's almost like a piston and it's very important to breathing so really good to bring our attention to this area.
So again as last time you don't need to look at me,
Just hear my voice.
If you want to look at me that's fine and if you're comfortable close your eyes.
You want this scarf to be relatively tight but obviously not constricted.
Just breathe a bit of a deeper breath and see can you feel it there but it's not,
Maybe slightly constricting your breath but not majorly at all.
So just revisiting what we did last week briefly.
Bring your attention to where the scarf is at the front of the body and see if you can feel the movement in the front of the body as you breathe in and as you breathe out.
It's like pressure against the scarf as you breathe in,
Moving away as you breathe out.
Then moving to the sides of the body where that scarf is,
Tighten or loosen as you need to and feel the movement this time in the sides.
Then taking your attention to the back.
Notice how the scarf might get a little tighter as you breathe in and a little bit more loose as you breathe out.
Keeping your focus on where it is on the back line of the body.
Then let go of your attention and we're going to continue in a similar way but this time we're going to do the breath as a whole.
So we're going to be as we're breathing in noticing at the front,
The sides and the back where this scarf is and then as you breathe out noticing how the breath feels from the back to the sides and the front.
So a couple of natural breaths,
Starting to slightly deepen the breath,
Making sure that you can feel,
You can sense that scarf against you and then as you start to breathe in,
Notice the movement in the front of the body as it expands and that expansion in the sides and then an expansion in the back.
Pause as you breathe out,
Notice how that back contracts,
The sides contract and the front contracts.
Pause,
Breathe in,
Sense the opening at the front,
The sides and the back.
Breathe out,
Notice how the back,
The sides and the front decrease in size.
Breathe in,
Front,
Sides,
Back,
Slight pause.
Breathe out,
Back,
Sides,
Front.
Pause,
Breathe in,
Front,
Sides,
Back,
Pause.
Breathe out,
Back,
Sides,
Front,
Pause.
Breathe in,
Noticing that wave going from the front,
The sides to the back and as the tide goes out from the back to the sides to the front.
Breathe in,
Front,
Sides,
Back,
Pause.
Breathe out,
Back,
Sides,
Front and let go of your effort,
Maybe loosen the scarf,
Close your eyes if they're not already closed.
Take your breath back to its natural speed,
Maybe even noticing if it's perhaps slowed down a little bit and when you're ready,
Open your eyes.
Thank you for joining me.
