When it comes to working with and improving your
breathing, you can't just read about it. You've
got to actually DO it.
Of course, it's important to gather as much information
as you can find - or can process - in order to get
off on a good footing with any new endeavor.
And when it comes to breathing and energy exercises -
like the series of incredibly powerful exercises
I teach you in the Secret Power of Dynamic Energy
Exercise Course, Volume II -
http://www.overcomeasthma.com/dynamic_energy2.html -
it's also important to begin with exercises and
visualizations that are accessible.
I have found in my travels that it's quite easy
to add on layers of complexity to things that
actually should be quite simple.
Breathing, energy exercises, chi kung (qi gong)
and so forth are no exception to this. Many
of the teachings, especially the more advanced ones,
go into the complicated and esoteric. Which is OK, if
you want to make a career of it.
But most of us have this thing called our lives
that take up most of our time. While we want to
engage in a practice that helps promote health,
energy and clearmindedness...we may not always
want to devote hours and hours to the practice.
One of my missions is to make the benefits of
breathing and dynamic energy exercises available
to as many people as possible. Especially to
people with asthma - because the exercises I learned,
refined and teach were the foundation of my efforts
to free myself from the limitations imposed by asthma.
An important cornerstone of how I operate is to make the
complicated simple...the inaccessible accessible...and
the hard-to-understand understandable.
When it comes to your own practice, keep this in
mind: breathwork and energy exercise is an experience,
not just a gathering of knowledge.
The exercises I teach are a means to an end: to
induce energy flow in the body.Your form or breathing
does not have to be perfect. Each of us has
our own unique "style" or variation on a particular
exercise. It's kind of like watching people running
at the park. Everyone is doing the same activity. But
each person has their own way of moving their arms and
legs, holding their head and posture,and so forth.
So don't worry about whether you are "doing it right".
Just do it! Your efforts AND your intention are the
important thing.
Qi gong masters say that in your training, what
you breathe in is not just air, it is cosmic
energy. Energy can not flow in a restricted
environment. So one of the most important principles
to follow is that of relaxation.
Don't get uptight about your form. Don't force
your breath. Relax! And keep your mind free
from distracting thoughts by focusing on your
breathing.
Strive to become as natural as possible in your
practice. Think of it as play.
Tomorrow I'll be back with a simple exercise that
I think you will really enjoy.
You Can Do It!
Karen Van Ness
http://www.OvercomeAsthma.com
P.S. Devote just a little bit of focused, discipline time
on your breathing, and you will amaze yourself at just how
much resilience, stamina, and inner fortitude you actually
have...AND at what a difference this can make in your
asthma. To learn how to improve and focus your breathing
and energy, get a copy of the Secret Power of Dynamic Energy
Exercise Course, Volume II. You can read more about it at ,
http://www.overcomeasthma.com/dynamic_energy2.html
Copyright, KVN Enterprises, Inc. 2008
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