Question9- what should be the pattern of breath in meditaion

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RAM RAM

 

one should take long breath or short or medium or

 

what is the criteria . could some one enlighten

 

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> one should take long breath or short or medium or

 

You should breathe naturally, but keeping awareness on breath. In

start, breath will be fast & short. In time, it should become slow &

long, but this should happen naturally, not forced.

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Humble Obeisances! One simple prANAyAma I found useful is " Sukh

prANAyAm " Exhel forcely three times, pause, put thunb gently on R

nostril, inhale normally, put index fingure on L nostrile and exhale

normally in the same speed of inhaling, the inhale by R nostril, put

thumb of R nostril and exhale normally, i.e. inhale at ease by L and

without controlling or holding up, exhale by R, inhale by R and exhale

by L and repeat this as many times as you like, till the mind becomes

cool. Do this as many times as you like. Sit straight without leaning

forward of backward and without resting on wall or cushion/pillow.No

prmuch pressure on nostrils (just block simultaneous inhaling of

exhaling). This calms down speed of mental thought-waves, excitement,

attack of anger or too much joy, keeps heartbits at normal speed and

increases span of peace of mind.

 

, " jitendra kumar " <jtin_ja wrote:

>

> RAM RAM

>

> one should take long breath or short or medium or

>

> what is the criteria . could some one enlighten

>

> HARE KRISHNA ,HARE KRISHNA ,KRISHNA KRISHAN ,HARE HARE.HARE

RAMA ,HARE

> RAMA ,RAMA RAMA ,HARE HARE

>

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RAM RAM

 

thanks to all for sharing the knowledge on breath in meditation

 

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, " jitendra kumar " <jtin_ja wrote:

 

 

Dear Jitinder, During meditation there is no need to take care of the

breath. It should come and go as meditation wants.

 

Before Meditation however, we should do some pranayama as we

discussed in previous posts. It is only in vipasana and yoganidra

that we concentrate on breath. In japa or other sadhna we should not

put our concentration on breath, as it will then not let us

concentrate on sadhna

 

Aum

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Om Namah Shivaya.

 

JitendraJi, i remeber the following stroy narrated by swami

vivekananda, the importance of controlling prana. Hope this should be

of some help for you.

 

" From gross to subtle: There was once a minister to a great king. He

fell into disgrace. The king, as a punishment, ordered him to be shut

up in the top of a very high tower. This was done, and the minister

was left there to perish. He had a faithful wife, however, who came

to the tower at night and called to her husband at the top to know

what she could do to help him. He told her to return to the tower the

following night and bring with her a long rope, some stout twine,

pack thread, silken thread, a beetle, and a little honey. . . The

good wife obeyed her husband, and brought him the desired articles.

The husband directed her to attach the silken thread firmly to the

beetle, then to smear its horns with a drop of honey, and to set it

free on the wall of the tower, with its head pointing upwards. She

obeyed all these instructions, and the beetle started on its long

journey. Smelling the honey ahead it slowly crept onwards, in the

hope of reaching the honey, until at last it reached to top of the

tower, when the minister grasped the beetle, and got possession of

the silken thread. He told his wife to tie the other end to the pack

thread, and after he had drawn up the pack thread, he repeated the

process with the stout twine, and lastly with the rope. Then the rest

was easy. The minister descended from the tower by means of the rope,

and made his escape. " " " In this body of ours the breath motion is the

silken thread; by laying hold of and learning to control it we grasp

the pack thread of the nerve currents, and from these the stout twine

of our thoughts, and lastly the rope of Prana, controlling which we

reach freedom. " " " "

 

I hope, Our learned members here would help us in controlling the

prana.

 

Shivaya Namah Aum.

Senthil.

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RAM RAM

 

thanks AUM Sir , and Senthil for a nice story . initially it was

little bit difficult to understand , but very usefull for the

question

 

thanks to all

 

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RAMA ,HARE RAMA ,RAMA RAMA ,HARE HARE

 

 

During meditation there is no need to take care of the

> breath. It should come and go as meditation wants.

>

> Before Meditation however, we should do some pranayama as we

> discussed in previous posts. It is only in vipasana and yoganidra

> that we concentrate on breath. In japa or other sadhna we should

not

> put our concentration on breath, as it will then not let us

> concentrate on sadhna

>

> Aum

>