05-11-2011, 02:13 PM
So I started reading this book Taoist Yoga
I've still got a long way to finishing it and it is a very thorough practice outlined in the book. Anyway I put it aside for a while and just decided to try deep breathing meditation. Prior to this I had always meditated through breathe awareness, I never tried to consciously control my breathing. The deep breathing helped me go deeper than I have before and really brought up stagnant emotions that needed to be released. After I was done I felt really good and euphoric for a couple of minutes.
Eventually I want to get to the point of being able to do deep breathing without conscious interference, however I feel I have a very very bad habit of shallow breathing. Seeing as how the diaphragm is a muscle I believe I have to exercise it more as it is not trained to taking these deep breaths. In the mean time I'm going to try to make it a habit to breathe deeply.
I've still got a long way to finishing it and it is a very thorough practice outlined in the book. Anyway I put it aside for a while and just decided to try deep breathing meditation. Prior to this I had always meditated through breathe awareness, I never tried to consciously control my breathing. The deep breathing helped me go deeper than I have before and really brought up stagnant emotions that needed to be released. After I was done I felt really good and euphoric for a couple of minutes.
Eventually I want to get to the point of being able to do deep breathing without conscious interference, however I feel I have a very very bad habit of shallow breathing. Seeing as how the diaphragm is a muscle I believe I have to exercise it more as it is not trained to taking these deep breaths. In the mean time I'm going to try to make it a habit to breathe deeply.
