Re: Complete Yogic Breath

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I don't think so. Just inhale and exhale in a relaxed manner. Hold in once your lungs are filled.

Good luck!

--- In [url=mailto:[email protected]][email protected][/url], "zxcvzxcvzxcvzxcv999" <zxcvzxcvzxcvzxcv999@... wrote:

I'm on 4 on the 40-day program, but I don't fully understand this meditation:

"This breathing exercise is the foundation and one of the first taught to beginning yoga students.

1. Sit with your spine straight, you may also stand if you wish

2. Breathe in through your nose:
A. Pushing out your lower abdominal muscles, fill the bottom part of your lungs, then
B. the middle part of your lungs, then
C. Your upper lungs

3. Hold for 5, 8 or 10 counts [whichever is most comfortable, without straining]. NEVER push this!

4. Exhale with contracting your lower abdominal muscles, then your mid-section [lower lungs], then your upper lungs, until completely empty of breath

Steps 1-4 constitute one round. Perform 5 rounds. "

Am I supposed to hold my breath for the same amount of time on A, B, C and when full of oxygen, and likewise when exhaling, or just when full of oxygen? Don't think I'm able to hold the breath for this long that way.

 

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