Question about verses per breath

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Namaste dear family,

 

I hope those of you who chant regularly with Swamiji can answer this

one:

 

I have been trying to cultivate regularity in chanting two verses to

the breath in my Chandi recitation. I have tried to find something to

hold onto by taking the verse number as point of departure, so I

would take a breath only on the even verses for instance. But there

are many shorter verses, like 'the rishi said', which count as verse,

but do not have the syllables required. Also, I seem to remember

verses like these are to be taken as one with the preceding verse? Or

with the one before?

Anyway, what I am trying to communicate here is that I would like to

know is how you manage to become steady in pranayama. Is there a rule

for when you forget to take a breath at the correct interval (and I

do forget as I get engrossed in the story!)? How do you get into the

correct rhythm again? Should I count the syllables and mark the

verses in my copy of the text?

In the past I have tried to find out via the webcam on Sundays but

invariably after a while I lost the connection and then had enormous

trouble finding where you all had got to in the mean time, which did

not help my breathing pattern at all:)

 

thank you for any help you can offer,

 

with love,

Henny

 

(I've changed my id because I received funny mail with my own

Id as sender. I hope none of you received any. If so, it was not sent

by me!)