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and the sun is shining and warm. You step outside and, enjoying the moment, you lift up on your toes, straighten up your spine, open the chest and inhale with a deep and satisfying breath! Aaahh! Now that’s breathing! In the practice of yoga or meditation, natural, deep breathing is included as part of the training. But you can also do practice rounds at your desk, in the car, lying in bed at night, as well as in your yoga or meditation routine. The “belly” should expand first as you inhale. The middle ribs (“floating ribs”) should lift a little and expand at the sides. The upper chest might lift and expand just slightly. Don’t strain. Be natural and enjoy it. You can hold the breath, or not, as you like (but never strain). When you exhale, keep the chest up and the spine straight. Take a happy holiday breath! Hriman McGilloway teaches meditation and raja yoga at the Ananda Meditation Temple in Bothell.
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You’d think the most elemental bodily function we have — breathing — ought to be a “no brainer!” You shouldn’t’ need to go to a class to learn to breathe correctly, right? OK, so breathing is pretty basic. And sure, you do it all the time. Hey, you can even do it in your sleep! But our problems begin with the fact that breathing is so fundamental that we are rarely conscious of it. Proper breathing requires good posture and good posture encourages diaphragmatic breathing (sometimes known as “belly breathing”). The classic suggestion is to observe an infant lying on its back and watch the belly expand and contract with each natural breath. What happens to us as we grow up and enter the tension and stress-filled world of adulthood, we begin shallow breathing as fear, stress and anxiety build up and become chronic. Our shoulders may round forward and the chest may cave in. Tension is often carried in the region of the stomach and the diaphragm contracts. Pretty soon the only breathing that’s happening is in the upper chest. The result of this shallow breathing is a reduction of oxygen to the brain and an additional incentive to feel anxious (for lack of adequate oxygen). Imagine, now, it’s a beautiful spring day. The air is bright, the breeze is light,
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