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Hi again

 

Now that this list is alive and kicking, I'd like to start the ball rolling

about something else.

 

One thing I am having difficulty with here is learning Breath of Fire. Do

any of you have techniques for learning this that worked for you?

 

Gordon

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Hi Gordon,

You wrote:

>One thing I am having difficulty with here is learning Breath of Fire. Do

>any of you have techniques for learning this that worked for you?

 

I like the explanation pasted below. For me starting in slow motion

with slow inhalations and exhalations helped me to get all the parts

coordinated before picking up speed. Good luck!

--Ori

 

Breath of Fire

One of the breaths used in Kundalini Yoga:

 

Sit comfortably with a straight spine. Rest your hands on your

knees, palms up, with your fingers in gyan mudra (touching the

tips of the index fingers to the tips of the thumbs). Breathe

fairly rapidly (about 2 or 3 breaths per second) through your

nose, while you pump your navel point and abdomen-- pulling

them sharply inward on the exhale, and pushing them out during

the inhale. Your chest should be relaxed. When you're finished,

inhale deeply and hold the breath while you pull the energy up

into your higher centers. Then exhale and relax.

 

This is a balanced breath with no emphasis on either the inhale

or the exhale. Try thinking of it as one continuous breath

being pulled in and out. You won't hyperventilate if you don't

breathe through your mouth. Start practicing breath of fire

for no more than three minutes at a time and work up to 31 minutes

or more.

 

--Tantric numerology by Dr. Guruchander Singh Khalsa, D.C.

p. 121

ori

Kundalini Resources on the Web

http://www.eskimo.com/~ori/kundalini.html

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Breath of Fire and Alternate Nostril Breathing is great to awaken Kundalini.

The first sign that you are doing everything correctly occurs when you have

obtained breath through both nostrils(Energy will then flow through Sushumna)

 

Typically the breath will cycle from one nostril to the other(corresponding to

the energy going up through either the Ida or Pingala chanels). Different

lobes of the brain will become more active depending on which nostril is

open.

 

During orgasm both nostrils become active and the energy runs through the

sushumna for a short period, that is why I believe a lot texts relate union

with God with orgasms.

 

In the progress of yoga at one point, both nostrils should remain constantly

active at all times. This is the time massive amounts of Prana will be

accumalated and I believe the energy will start moving up the Sushumna channel

and all the Chakras will become cleansed.

 

Om Shanti

John

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Hi Ori

 

That certainly seems to be clear enough. I'll give it a go and see how I get

on. Thanks again for your help.

 

Ciao

Gordon

 

 

>Ori <ori

>

>Hi Gordon,

>You wrote:

>>One thing I am having difficulty with here is learning Breath of Fire. Do

>>any of you have techniques for learning this that worked for you?

>

>I like the explanation pasted below. For me starting in slow motion

>with slow inhalations and exhalations helped me to get all the parts

>coordinated before picking up speed. Good luck!

>--Ori

>

>Breath of Fire

>One of the breaths used in Kundalini Yoga:

>

>Sit comfortably with a straight spine. Rest your hands on your

>knees, palms up, with your fingers in gyan mudra (touching the

>tips of the index fingers to the tips of the thumbs). Breathe

>fairly rapidly (about 2 or 3 breaths per second) through your

>nose, while you pump your navel point and abdomen-- pulling

>them sharply inward on the exhale, and pushing them out during

>the inhale. Your chest should be relaxed. When you're finished,

>inhale deeply and hold the breath while you pull the energy up

>into your higher centers. Then exhale and relax.

>

>This is a balanced breath with no emphasis on either the inhale

>or the exhale. Try thinking of it as one continuous breath

>being pulled in and out. You won't hyperventilate if you don't

>breathe through your mouth. Start practicing breath of fire

>for no more than three minutes at a time and work up to 31 minutes

>or more.

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