This is such a nice meditation and a great way to expand on your normal breath/meditation work.
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Beautiful.

That exercise sounds very relaxing, I love that it focuses on the "beauty" of "you." Yoga and meditation have always impressed me like that. Reading that exercise makes me want to try it, but every experience I've had with meditation and yoga hasn't been extremely rewarding. Thinking about it sounds awesome, but I think I get distracted easily by thoughts and have a hard time just sitting there and being silent.

I find pilates is another useful method of relaxation, especially some of the stretching moves. It is similar to yoga, but a little more active, which is good for me since I have that whole can't-sit-still problem.

I suppose yoga and meditation is a practice makes perfect sort of thing. I really should get in the habit of meditating more often. I'll be sure to try this exercise, so thanks for posting it!

i've seen on tv before that the best way (or make that the proper way) is by breathing like a baby. you have to breathe in and let your chest expand. you know you're doing it right if your stomach expands while you're breathing. it's more like breathing deeply so your body gets a lot of oxygen in your lungs. most people tend to forget that that's why they tend to get exhausted easily.

you could also use this kind of breathing technique in your meditation practice. you can integrate it so the longer you use it, the more your body gets accustomed to the technique. it's like letting your mind memorize it while you're on your meditation.

I'm not too sure about meditation techniques that require breathing in large amounts of air. Oxygen tends to make me light-headed, effectively making me lose my focus. Did I mention that pure oxygen does make an average person feel light-headed as well?

i totaly agree. i wpnder if that might acually cuse you to halucinate. maybe thats why all these people meditate and then have premonitions. they are not crazy they have had just a little too much air. idk just a thought

I do the following everyday :-


I start with Nervous system cleaning (nadhi shodhan - Sanskrit) :-

1. Breathe in from Left Nostril holding the right.
2. Then Breathe out from Right holding the Left.
3. Then Breathe IN from Right (continue) holding the Left.
4. Then Breathe OUT from left holding the right. (back to Step1) (This completes one cycle)

I do the above 9 times.

Then the following by sitting in Vajrasan:-

Breathe in till 4.
Hold the breath till 4
Release till 6.
Hold for 2.

(22 Times)

VAJARASANA

The Breathing exercises which we read MUST be done under supervision of an expert or a teacher.

Usually, I would recommend users to RECORD an audio with your own counting according to your capacity and follow it. Put 100% concentration with all your interest and heart into it so that you do not make mistakes.

Some key points :-

1. No part of your body should be strained.

2. Breathing should be RELAXED.

3. Your mental state should not be disturbed while doing it.

4. If at any point you feel tired, stop after you finish that round and lie down like a dead corpse and meditate for some time to rejuvenate your body.

Pranayama - The science of Breathing says that, Prana (Life force OR Breath) is a Very dangerous tool because our human body depends on it directly. And hence, this science is not a tool for play. Its like fire, if used correctly, it can create WONDERS else.. exactly.