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One of the main barriers to free, full and effortless breathing is pre-existing tension in the body. The moving energy of breath has difficulty flowing into areas where we are chronically tight. So anything that we can do to become more physically relaxed has a positive effect on our breathing. Conversely, we can intentionally use our breathing to promote physical relaxation.

Tension Release Breath

Now, even as you read,
Bring attention to the movement of your breath.
Now breathe in slowly through the nose
And as you inhale
Tightly clench your toes,
Tightly clench your hands,
And tightly clench your eyes.
Continue to slowly inhale
While creating tension in your feet, hands and eyes.
And now release that tension
With a long, soft, gentle, sssshhhh. . . .
Again, breathe in slowly through the nose
And as you inhale
Tightly clench your toes, your hands, and your eyes,
Creating as much tension as possible
In your feet, hands and eyes.
And now release that tension
With a long, soft, gentle sssshhhh. . . .
Again, breathe in slowly through the nose
And as you inhale
Tightly clench your toes, your hands, and your eyes,
Creating as much tension as possible
In your feet, hands and eyes.
And now release that tension
With a long, soft, gentle sssshhhh. . . .
Once more, breathe in slowly through the nose
And as you inhale
Tightly clench your toes, your hands, and your eyes,
Creating as much tension as possible
In your feet, hands and eyes.
And now release that tension
With a long, soft, gentle sssshhhh. . . .
Now pay attention
To the movements of your lower belly.
As you breathe in, allow your belly to expand,
Becoming full and round with vital energy.
As you breathe out,
Your belly empties and flattens, sssshhhh. . . .
Every breath in, your belly expands,
Every breath out, your belly empties.
Continue this breathing, deep, gentle breaths,
Your belly rhythmically expanding and emptying,
As your eyes close
For several more breaths....

Any areas in your body that you feel tension, can be progressively relaxed in this way. Simply breathe in slow and gentle while tensing that part and then release the tension with a long slow sssshhhh....

 

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The uniquely human function of sexuality is not reproduction but ecstasy. It is the unification of the separate physical, emotional, and mental functions through a total release of reactivity — and it is the sacrifice of the whole and entire bodily and independent being through the awakening of total psychophysical feeling, or love.
Truly human lovers become a sacrifice to one another, and through one another to Infinity, in the very cycle of their breathing. All motion, all tension, all degenerative urgency, and all localization of feeling and attention in the genitals alone are mastered through awareness and feeling as the whole and entire bodily being. That free, unobstructed, nonreactive, and intense feeling is to be breathed to the entire bodily being in every cycle of breath, during sexual embrace and also in every moment of living.

Love of the Two-Armed Form
Da Free John

In any moment that we become aware of the movement of breath within us, we simultaneously become more conscious as individuals and more directly involved in the integrated functions of body, mind, and spirit. Conscious breathing encourages the expansion of consciousness throughout the human organism and beyond: each conscious inhale positively excites and expands the body and immediate environment; each conscious exhale supports the relaxation of all surrounding and connecting energies. Every conscious breath brings the breather simply and directly to life.

Breathing: Expanding your Power and Energy
Michael Sky

We are on the verge of a whole new age, a whole new world. Human consciousness, our mutual awareness, is going to make a quantum leap. Everything will change. You will never be the same. All this will happen just as soon as you’re ready.

Das Energi
Paul Williams

If your every day practice is to open to all your emotions, to all the people you meet, to all the situations you encounter, without closing down, trusting that you can do that—then that will take you as far as you can go.
And then you’ll understand all the teachings that anyone has ever taught.

When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chodron

“Take a deep breath” can be very bad advice to someone who is feeling anxious or is agitated. If such a person begins taking deep breaths, they are likely to experience an even more aroused state. A person prone to anxiety most likely is at or over their optimum CO2 level and needs to slow their respiration more than increase their intake volume through “take a deep breath.”

Joel McPherson

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