It's me again! I have an "automatic breathing" pro

[hroom]

Hi all, I am writing to you and asking ffor help. I've been to a doctors but they like didn't believe me, they say my breathing is alright. I know it's alright but there is something other. I can't breath automattically, I can't let my organism breath on it's own :(. I think that's becouse of meditation, I don't meditate anymore, I want to get rid of this automatic breathing problem. I try to focus my attention somewhere else but I can't do it a lot. I think this is connected with my physical senses... Any solution to my problem?
TNX!

[Chris]

Just for clarification, do you automatically breath furing sleep?

[hroom]

yes, when I sleep I breath normally! I try to do everything I can through the day to breath automatically.. It's really uncomfortable and bad.. :(

[Quantitativefool]

Hmm...

I would suggest a type of excercize/rest program. Basically do alot of work, then go to a spot where you almost sleep, but don't let yourself, it might work after a week or two.

-Stu

[Sachiel]

When you are thinking of breathing you breath manually, so you cannot possibly attain your conscious results if you keep worrying about your problem, if it indeed does exist.

[hroom]

Hi, I think I overcame this problem. I made eye coordination exercises, somehing like yoga's eye stretching exercises. It helped me... :shock:

[Chris]

Hi, I think I overcame this problem. I made eye coordination exercises, somehing like yoga's eye stretching exercises. It helped me... :shock:

Were you doing breath meditation exercises and this mean you became 'hyper' aware of the breath at all times, so you couldn't let it settle to automatic breathing?

[hroom]

yes, something like that, how to overcome this problem?

[Chris]

yes, something like that, how to overcome this problem?

I'm not too sure. Do you usually use breath as the meditation object?
I use breath based meditations but I have never seen this control of breath (hardly automatic breathing) as a problem. Although I can see how it could become annoying.

Although when I meditate I don't try and control the breathing - I watch it and let it go as slow/fast/deep/shallow as it want's too. So perhaps I have learnt how to be aware of breath but automatic breathing. I'd never really though of this before.