Teachings,+Breathe+Deeply

=Breathe Deeply= (By Darth Affliction) (Return to Teachings)

At every moment in your life you breath. //But do you do it artfully?//

The breath is key to any physical practice. Fighters in the pit often lose because they forget to breath and get gasy. Their minds subtly fog over and two strikes to the mat, many of them never realize the mistake. Breath control.

The control of oxygen entering your system is used to sustain your strength, it is used to focus your blows, it is used to calm your mind.

Simple breathing: Singers who are serious can tell you how you are supposed to breathe. Bend over and touch your toes while standing. Breathe in deeply. Breathe out deeply. Relax and do it again. Can you feel the air entering your lungs high up on your back? That is what you want.

Breathe in with your stomach and lungs at the same time and let the breath flow. Neither tense nor limp. Breathing is an art, a skill, a method of superior energy retention.

Deep breathing: When you have learned how to balance your breathing so it is natural and neither chest or stomach breathing you can learn deep breathing. Count out how long you breath in count out how long you breathe out. Slow it down a little at a time. It should never be painful but peaceful. This is how you calm yourself, regain your breath and even prepare for sleep when you are already tired. This breathing is good meditation prep.

Awake breathing: In the morning you can quickly wipe away drowziness by breathing short but deep, quick chest breaths into your stomach and out. These should be through your mouth in an o Shape. If you have slept more than three hours take a very deep breath filling your lungs before you do this.

Preperation breathing: Whenever you are about to get into an activity that requires sharpness or another high level of function you should do a combination of awake breathing with an occasional slow calming breath. This will pump extra oxygen through your system and sharpen your mind, then the calmness will focus you so that every movement counts for more.

"//When you wake breathe// //When you sit breathe,// //When you fight breathe,// //When you eat breathe,// //when you are sad breathe,// //when you are angry breathe,// //when you are hurt breathe,// //when you are afraid breath,// //When you are dead you can stop//."

Whenever you are in trouble it is a wise thing to control your breathing. In doing so you will find that you have control of yourself and you are as ready as you will ever be to face the situation.

Breathing offers a cooling hand to emotions.

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