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Originally Posted by Silent Lucidity  I was just about to post a thread about this today, so it's nice one has already started.
I have a question, I wish to build up energy. How does one do that? |
Well, if I told YOU how to do it, that would be teaching. Since I'm not a teacher, I will tell you how I do it. It may or may not work for you and you practice such techniques at your own discretion.
Now, with that out of the way,
I use a technique adapted from Aikido called a Ki Breath. Basically, I draw air all the way into my belly in a long, slow controlled intake and expell it quickly with all the muscles in my abdomen tensed with an audible "haaaaaa".
Doing this several times in succession increases the amount of oxygen in my body invigorates the spirit, and I actually feel my strength and power increase.
This works for short term needs. For long term, it's a question of creating a good balance in my life between my physical, emotional, mental and spiritual selves. When all things are in balance, I require very little energy to function. Therefor, I have much more of my energy available to me when I need to use it for other things.
A good night's sleep is also pretty key and something that most people ignore.