Four-part Breath

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Leaf,

 

Also, when doing four-part breath you need to use your

entire breathing capacity, not just puff up your

chest....

 

Take the air in through your nostrils, concentrating

on filling the lower portion of your lungs first,

allowing the abdomen to expand (part 1), then the area

of your diaphram (part 2), then allow your ribs to

expand out and to the sides (part 3) and finally, lift

and fill your upper chest (part 4). As you exhale,

feel the sternum area relax and fall, contract your

ribcage and allow your diaphram and stomach areas to

float back towards your spine (same 4 parts in

reverse). I like to exhale through the nose as well,

but some would say it is better to exhale through the

mouth--your choice.

 

Doing full four-part breathing slows your breathing

significantly. Mine usually slows to about 4 cycles

(inbreaths/outbreaths) per minute. Someone with more

lung capacity/control might slow it even further. It

is very relaxing.

 

Namaste,

--Mel

 

--- Satsang Kaur <satsang wrote:

> Hi Leaf,

>

> > how do

> > you direct the breath to a certain chakra? For

> example, the breath of

> fire.

> You can visualize the breath going to that chakra,

> like a cooling or

> energizing light wave.

>

> > Second, so there was two, how do you do that four

> part breath? I read

> about

> > it, but couldn't understand it fully.

>

> I don't know if you saw this link on the

> yogatech.com website:

> kysets/44breath.html

> Anyway 4 part breath is actually really simple. You

> fill in the lungs in

> four parts: on the first inbreath fill in just 1/4

> of your lungs, then keep

> the breath in and inhale a bit more - now you should

> have 1/2 of your lungs

> filled with air, then inhale a bit more and keep the

> air in, and on the last

> inbreath fill in your lungs completely. You exhale

> in reverse order.

>

> Some people may think that if you inhale in four

> parts then you need to

> empty the lungs between the inhales, but that it is

> not the case. It just

> one long inhale broken into four short segments.

>

> Sat Nam,

> Satsang Kaur

>

>

 

 

 

 

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