breathing exercises have always been one of the most meaningful for me…
Breathing exercises have always been one of the most significant elements of my entire "training" program. I experiment with breathing, sometimes mixing exercises together, combining their best aspects, while discarding certain elements. I don't follow the traditional path; I've never even had a teacher in this life in the form of a person who guided and directed me. Yes, there were those from whom I took instruction—various courses, trainings—but there everything is structured so that you learn, rather than being taught. Perhaps this is even for the best—this way I preserved the ability to learn directly from the world, unmediated by a teacher's vision: from the elements, from time, from phenomena, events, from the stars, books, films, from people in general, from guides of knowledge, from my own body.
In my practices, I always try to listen to my body, and my main breathing exercise, which I do more often than any other, doesn't resemble any exercise I've ever heard of or seen. And I'll gladly share it with you—perhaps you'll find something useful in it for yourself.
Its principle is breath holds on the inhale. It's simple—a full inhale, hold for as long as possible, and exhale. This is the "field" version, for when you need it right here and now. I do this, for example, while working, while reading, or while watching some educational video on Youtube. And that's quite enough for the body to begin the process of transformation. To start, 10 such holds throughout the day will be more than enough.
But I don't get overly carried away with this; I have no plan or schedule—I might go an entire day without doing these holds. Excessive alkalization—that's a thing too, so I try to listen to my body and ask it whether it's ready for another dose of CO² or whether it's better to put it off until tomorrow. After all, I have other practices that I also try to perform regularly, and the transformation of the physical body is by no means the top priority.
There's also a more complex version of this breathing exercise. In it, you need to engage the full depth of your attention. Here, you'll need to imagine that you're not inhaling air, but drinking it—drinking it through your nose. Try to really feel this, as if the air were literally pouring into your lungs and further down to the level of your lower abdomen.
At the moment when the air descends into your lower abdomen, relax all the tension and tightness there—imagine it as something like a sponge that absorbs moisture in its natural, relaxed state.
Immerse yourself in this sensation, try to maintain the purity and lightness of your concentration. The attention should be light, in some ways even tender, soft. You need to learn to perform exercises with pleasure, including breathing ones.
During the hold itself, feel how that life energy, which you're absorbing into yourself, distributes throughout your entire body. Experience this process with enjoyment and observe how your inner "alchemists" distill the introduced "moisture," make "elixir of immortality" from it, and distribute it throughout you.
You shouldn't take in air to the absolute maximum—60 to 80 percent is enough. And at first, don't strive to hold your breath for an excessively long time—stay within comfortable limits. After a few days, when your body gets used to it, you can hold it for longer.
Breathe and develop,
Arthur O'Harra.
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