2nd August 2005, 06:31 PM
During work I often do a lot of energy work by simple breathing/focusing methods. These methods make it easier for me to get training in while having a tight schedule. The method I am describing here I had used in the past, however not to the extent I had done yesterday.
The exercise I did yesterday is basically controlled breathing. I noticed drastic effects on my energy body and cleared a lot of blockages which have been bugging me for a long time. I was feeling as energetic as a little kid while doing this exercise.
The Exercise is as follows:
On the in-breath breath with the chest first: most people breath with a combination of chest and belly normally. The chest should expand first before the stomach. It helps to such the stomach in so as to prevent it from expanding with air. After the chest is fully expanded start expanding the belly till full. You might note that this feels unnatural: your subconscious will feel uncomfortable with doing this because your taking breathing into your own hands and doing it in a manner which is not normal. Your using a lot of muscles while doing this breathing exercise, and normally breathing is meant to use as little of your resources as possible.
On the out-breath let the chest empty first. Do not let the stomach empty till the chest is as empty as possible. Then empty the stomach. You might note that the chest will be able to empty a bit more after the stomach has started emptying. This is fine, just don't let the stomach start emptying till the chest is as empty as it can be. Note the sensations. For me I noticed that a energy-massaging type effect, along with a good amount of storage in my Tan Tien (energy center next to the power chakra) and a loosening up of my muscles.
The above exercise I did for 5 hours. During those 5 hours I forgot to do the breathing a few times (I would guess 10 times and no more), but never for more than 5 minutes.
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Some notes on what I was noticing while doing the breathing: my resistince to heat and cold went up, I was able to move around more vigorously and felt younger and stronger. (Don't let that convince you I'm old cause i'm only 23 ;) I was feeling as energetic as I was at 18 ) as noted before my Tan Tien was filling up with Qi energy, my energy pathwasy were clearing up, and I was able to percieve better. I also noted that some of my remove viewing skills I had previously lost from not using them enough were starting to come back in flashes.
Later that night I slept for a long time, probably due to over doing the exercise. When I finally woke up I felt extremely good.
If anyone is willing can they try this exercise out for a few hours at a time? it's quite easy to do this while doing other things like house-work, playing video game, ect. Please note if you tried feeling energy or focused any energy while doing this, I started that way but later I stopped when I noted that the breathing seemed to be doing enough energy work on it's own.
My notes on how the energy works while breathing in this manner: when expanding the chest the chest fills with Qi, and when filling the belly this Qi drops in one big swoop, which has a lot of health benifits :)
The exercise I did yesterday is basically controlled breathing. I noticed drastic effects on my energy body and cleared a lot of blockages which have been bugging me for a long time. I was feeling as energetic as a little kid while doing this exercise.
The Exercise is as follows:
On the in-breath breath with the chest first: most people breath with a combination of chest and belly normally. The chest should expand first before the stomach. It helps to such the stomach in so as to prevent it from expanding with air. After the chest is fully expanded start expanding the belly till full. You might note that this feels unnatural: your subconscious will feel uncomfortable with doing this because your taking breathing into your own hands and doing it in a manner which is not normal. Your using a lot of muscles while doing this breathing exercise, and normally breathing is meant to use as little of your resources as possible.
On the out-breath let the chest empty first. Do not let the stomach empty till the chest is as empty as possible. Then empty the stomach. You might note that the chest will be able to empty a bit more after the stomach has started emptying. This is fine, just don't let the stomach start emptying till the chest is as empty as it can be. Note the sensations. For me I noticed that a energy-massaging type effect, along with a good amount of storage in my Tan Tien (energy center next to the power chakra) and a loosening up of my muscles.
The above exercise I did for 5 hours. During those 5 hours I forgot to do the breathing a few times (I would guess 10 times and no more), but never for more than 5 minutes.
***
Some notes on what I was noticing while doing the breathing: my resistince to heat and cold went up, I was able to move around more vigorously and felt younger and stronger. (Don't let that convince you I'm old cause i'm only 23 ;) I was feeling as energetic as I was at 18 ) as noted before my Tan Tien was filling up with Qi energy, my energy pathwasy were clearing up, and I was able to percieve better. I also noted that some of my remove viewing skills I had previously lost from not using them enough were starting to come back in flashes.
Later that night I slept for a long time, probably due to over doing the exercise. When I finally woke up I felt extremely good.
If anyone is willing can they try this exercise out for a few hours at a time? it's quite easy to do this while doing other things like house-work, playing video game, ect. Please note if you tried feeling energy or focused any energy while doing this, I started that way but later I stopped when I noted that the breathing seemed to be doing enough energy work on it's own.
My notes on how the energy works while breathing in this manner: when expanding the chest the chest fills with Qi, and when filling the belly this Qi drops in one big swoop, which has a lot of health benifits :)