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intentional
breathing, in other words, notice the movement or transition from automatic
(unconscious) breathing to intentional (conscious) breathing and vice versa.
In addition, notice that your breath becomes different when you are giving your full attention to it. I have read that humans use different muscles when breathing in these two different ways. Perhaps that is true. My own personal opinion is that you use the same muscles, but you use them differently in these two modes. I consider that this is similar to the difference between using your gluteus maximus muscles to walk down a hill as compared to walking up a hill.
Another dynamic to pay attention to is the pace or rhythm of your breath. There are many aspects of the breath that you can give your attention to. The rhythm of the breath is only one. It is one I particularly like because it has a discernible resonance. Examples of other dynamics are texture, sound, depth, length, evenness.
I like to help people to find the rhythm of their breath because it helps them to attune to other rhythms and movement in their lives. For example, they might notice a particular breathing pattern that is replicated in other situations. After making the association, they change the rhythm in the breath, usually rather easily, and then they notice that changes in the other situations follow naturally.
I notice this correlation frequently with my clients. Of course, discerning such connections does require the ability to read subtle energies. Usually, after I have identified and articulated the correlation to my clients, they relate to the idea. The key is to make changes in the least invasive, most natural ways. Here are two specific examples:
Deidra was having trouble communicating with her boss, characterized by interrupting each other and half-stated ideas. I noticed in her breathing the same pattern of hesitation and shortness, as if she rarely completed either the in-breath or the out-breath. I suggested some exercises that helped her to be more aware of the rhythm of her breathing, which helped significantly, along with some other strategies, to manage herself more effectively with respect to her boss.
Tom had great difficulty when we had to stand in front of a group to speak. He felt unbalanced and had less acute thinking. This, by the way, is a very common dynamic as many people find stand-up presentations stressful. I decided to start with the easiest strategy: some simple breathing exercises to neutralize the old pattern and establish a new rhythm. He practiced daily, and especially before each presentation. The difficulty ceased immediately.
Sometimes the simplest strategies are the most powerful. So, remember to breathe! And, even more specifically, remember to find the rhythm in your breath.
Breathing is a continuous activity in the life of man. Man can live without other basic needs, but cannot stay without the presence of oxygen. Usually breathing is performed without paying any attention to it; however, attention is required to control it.
Pranayam is the best form of controlling breath. When you breathe oxygen enters your lungs and stimulates all the organs in the body. This procedure indicates that you are alive. When this function stops you happen to cease.
But it is very essential to breathe in the right mode because it influences every organ in the body. Therefore when we consume cigarettes we inhale carbon dioxide and when this quantity becomes excess in the body it is really poisonous.
Through pranayam we learn to breathe slowly. Therefore we can easily retain the oxygen for a longer duration. It brings calmness to the mind. When we breathe through our nostrils both the spheres of the brain are stimulated.
There is a simple exercise that can be practiced right now. Take a deep breath and hold your stomach and push it. Or else you can inhale the air through your nose while breathing deeply and emit the air through the mouth.
Deep breathing provides many benefits when compared to other exercise programs. You can do it anywhere and anytime, for example, you can do it when you are sitting in front of the PC, in a classroom etc. It is a good exercise for removing stress from your life.
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