Breathing

Ki Breathing

I don't know if this has any relevance to anything except feeling good. It's a useful framing for me in meditation.

Start in seiza (kneeling, sitting on your heels). Sitting up straight with a slightly curved back, stay relaxed.
Exhale through your mouth, making a light "ha" sound. Imagine the breath is coming from your 'one point' below your belly button, going up along your spine, along the top of your head, all the way down your nose to your mouth. This should be spread over and beyond 20 seconds.
When you believe you are out of breath, bend forward from your 'one point' slightly to expel the last bit of breath. This compresses your diaphragm.
Focus on your one point for 5 seconds.
"When out of air, imagine you are still exhaling, that breath and ki are extending out to the ends of the universe and beyond, but curving into a return path."[2]
Inhale through your nose. Imagine the breath is going up your nose, all the way up over your head, down your spine, and into your 'one point' (right below your belly button). This should be spread over about 20 seconds.
When you feel like you are full of breath, lean back slightly from your 'one point'. This relaxes the compressed diaphragm and allows you to inhale just a bit more.
Focus on your one point for 5 seconds.
"Concentrating on 'one point', imagine that you are still drawing in breath and ki, that these are circling around your 'one point', gradually curving into a path from which they will travel out."

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