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Originally Posted by Kazeko  I usually don't do "breathing exercises", I breathe in and breathe out naturally  Although (as I've already told) - it surely can be useful sometimes to do some "focused breathing" in order to get short-term results. But I don't want to be forced to do it, like "ok, from now and forever I'm focused on breathing in (or out)". I want to be free and open-minded (as I already am). |
This is nice to read.
Well I do "breathing exercises" in the literal way as I practice yoga.
But there is no exercise where you focus only on breathing in or breathing out. You always focus on both the whole process of breathing. There are different exercises that is true, there are different ways to breath in and out. But you always focus on both on the whole thing.
Breathing is in fact a natural thing that we do automatic we don't think about it. But if because of many reasons people sometimes people forget how to breath really naturally, like a baby does. The way you stand up or sit down, certain tension and stress that can really be caused by anything may result into a way of breathing that doesn't use the full capacity of your lungs anymore. You get less oxygen and that results in less energy. So in the literal way to keep your energy high it seems that it is important to focus on your whole breathing process breathing in and breathing out as well.
The exercises are only a way to help you to go back to a very basic need to breath efficient. The exercises are not a must, but can help some of us.
Now I wonder why the "mental breathing" would operate different from the physical breathing. Our body and mind or should I call it spirit are one, so I guess that the same rules for both. Your focus has to be on the complete process, not only on a part of it.
Now my experience is that if you exercise on the "physical part of breathing" you become more conscious about that physical aspect...add the yoga postures to your program and you become more conscious how you use the rest of your body. And if I wanted it or not, automatic the "mental breathing" not only breathing in and breathing out starts to change as well.
I am not promoting Yoga or breathing exercises or I will never say that people have to do so. Not everybody got drifted away that far of "natural breathing" that they are in need of some exercises.
But I think the "light or dark worker" can't be explained or compared to breathing, as I believe to breath well physical or mental you need to be focused on both. Breathing is a process that doesn't work well if you just focus on one part of the cycle.