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73. Breathing and Alignment 5/20/2005
"The body has its own way of knowing, a knowing
that has little to do with logic, and much to do with truth, little to do with
control, and much to do with acceptance, little to do with division and
analysis, and much to do with union."
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Marilyn Sewell ~~
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In order to develop our own way of working with breathing and alignment I find that the position in the picture below has a simple dynamic that works for us in the beginning explorations of experiencing full breathing.
Sabine Bodisman, Artist
The position in the picture opens up the ribcage so we can fill the body with
breath and feel what an expanded capacity for breath feels like. Generally when
we are full with breath, the out breath will start coming out from the Lower
lungs first and we can feel the stomach wall reduce as the breath leaves.
Because the upper body remains open in this position our breathing mirrors what
is ideally, full diaphragmatic breathing. With each cycle of breath our stomach
fills again as well as adding more breath to the upper body. We can observe that
the ribcage doesn’t drop down on each breath as it generally does while
standing. This position helps us become acquainted with “Diaphragmatic
Breathing” and a more aligned position of the upper body without much
effort.
One half hour in this position will present you with a multitude of insights about your breathing action. Working with a gentle feeling of the whole body expanding with breath gives us a feeling of what full breathing can be like for long periods of time.
When you stand up you will feel the result of spending time in this position. You will notice that the body does feel more aligned and the internal space of the body feels larger. In walking around the space try duplicating the feelings of full diaphragmatic breathing while in motion. Because of the upright position more focus and a gentle effort is required on the inhale to fill the upper body. On the exhale allow the breath to come up and out from the lower body so the upper body doesn’t move down on the out breath.
In standing or walking the use of diaphragmatic breathing maintains the structure of our body in a more aligned position. As we progress with this practice by doing many sessions over the days, weeks and years of our life we will come to realize how dynamic our body is as we actively breathe prana, life energy, as part of our every day diet.
In this same position above we can do an arm exercises for releasing the upper body of tensions. These particular movements are presented in this article on upper body releasing.
There are many forms of using our breathing that are suggested for calming the body and mind and for accessing and resonating with more peaceful states within us. Our ability to explore and understand these many forms becomes more direct as we work with full breathing as outlined above.
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Perhaps your enlightenments will be steady, consistent, small, and not noticeable to the crowd. Don't let your achievements be defined by the expectations of others.
~~Jordan Gruber poet, philosopher ~~
Peace
Posted by harmon at May 20, 2005
Comments
Hi Harmon
this page was great to read I followed the advice and got some amazing things going on in my body. Thank You for the generous presentation. It is refreshing to go to a sight and get some real instruction that works instead of a lot of words.
Posted by:
Tyler
on June 15, 2005
Thank You, Tyler for the kind words.
Posted by: Harmon on June 19, 2005
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