breath of fire

[Guest guest]

L.L. Scott:

 

 

 

I like you description of using the abdomen as a below for the breath of

fire. That clearly indicates to generate the breath not from the nose as we

typically breathe.

 

 

 

Now the breath of fire is actually generated from the solar plexus moving it

in and up to put pressure on the diaphragm and empty the lungs and then

relax the solar plexus to let the breath in again. This is done rapidly, 2

or 3 cycles a second (although for beginners this is done much slower!) So

it is the solar plexus that creates the bellow movement. In the process, the

navel area and abdomen do move.

 

 

 

Blessings, Awtar S.

 

Rochester, NY

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Sat naam jis

 

Another similar pranayam to breath of fire is Kapalabhati. It focuses

on the exhale: you pull in the navel to just push the air out. Then

the inhale is a natural reflex reaction to the forced exhale, you

passively let it happen as the belly relaxes. This is a good intro

practice for breath of fire if you have trouble coordinating the navel

pumping w/ 2 parts of the breath. Get used to pulling the navel in and

letting it relax out automatically. Then you can transition to BOF

very simply by purposefully adding the inhale to Kapalabhati and

working on a breath of equal parts: equal inhale and exhale. Hope this

makes sense!

 

Happy breathing,

ranjit k.

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam

another difference with Kapalabhati breath is that its

stronger more forceful than Breath of Fire,

breath of fire should be done like a puppies breath,

gentle & rapid. Before I went to teachers training I

was taught that BOF was a strong powerful breath &

when I went to New Mexico I had to learn to do the

breath differently & was told that when its done

strong we wear ourselves out faster, yet when its done

gently we can go on for much longer...

Jiwan Shakti Kaur

 

--- "Elle \"Ranjit Kaur\" d'Orado"

<ranjitk (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote:

 

> Sat naam jis

>

> Another similar pranayam to breath of fire is

> Kapalabhati. It focuses

> on the exhale: you pull in the navel to just push

> the air out. Then

> the inhale is a natural reflex reaction to the

> forced exhale, you

> passively let it happen as the belly relaxes. This

> is a good intro

> practice for breath of fire if you have trouble

> coordinating the navel

> pumping w/ 2 parts of the breath. Get used to

> pulling the navel in and

> letting it relax out automatically. Then you can

> transition to BOF

> very simply by purposefully adding the inhale to

> Kapalabhati and

> working on a breath of equal parts: equal inhale and

> exhale. Hope this

> makes sense!

>

> Happy breathing,

> ranjit k.

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