ARTICLE AND COPY SHOWCASE

Some time ago I was introduced to the Sufi breathing technique. The technique was very simple and very natural.

I was shown how to breath diaphragmatically, avoiding letting my belly flop out. The correct method is to expand the whole of the abdominal wall as far down as possible in a controlled manner. Breaths should be taken according to the ammount of air we need. That is, very little while at rest and increased as we perform more work.

If we require large ammounts of air the lung should be filled from the bottom to the top, that is diaphragmatically at first and expanding the rib cage towards the end of the intake of air.

Don’t worry, it gets easier with practice.

The most important thing is a) to take in only as much air as you need and b) to get used to the technique over a period of time, starting with a couple of minutes at first and increasing the duration a bit at a time until after a few months you can breath this way most of the time.

Remember! if you have any medical complaints consult with your doctor about this technique before you try it. He may want to see a demonstration of what you will be doing so print out this page and take it with you to the doctors office.

Correct rythmic cycles of breathing not only have a tremendous feel good quality but once you get used to the technique you will notice that your whole frame of mind is more focused and much more at peace.

 This trend will engulf the whole of your body.

 When you breath properly, you are helping your heart to circulate the blood supply around the body more efficiently. Think about it, Your abdominal region in effect is working like a pump.

By Breathing correctly our bodies get into a correct rythm in every respect. This rythm even assists the lymthatic system that passes through the abdomen on it’s way back from the limbs to the heart. The lymph flows at a sluggish pace. With correct breathing action we can make the lymph fluid flow more purposefully and efficiently.

The intake of oxygen is vital to all of our metabolic functions. If we improve how we breath our metabolism in general will improve greatly. Also, if we can breath with less effort, we free energy that may be needed for more important functions elsewhere.

Meditation is a great way to focus the mind, to find mental repose, or just to relax ourselves and take a time out.

Correct breathing technique can be combined with meditation.

 There are many ways to initiate meditation, one way is to fucus on a concept that we want to meditate upon and then to go into a state of relaxation in which we empty our mind of all thought and concentrate on the feeling that we get from the subject in question.

 We remian like this for a period of time until we sense that we are ready to open our eyes.

 Another way to do this is to concentrate on the rythm of our breathing. The Sufis have a trick here. They immagine that the swinging motion caused by the rythmic breathing within the abdomen is actually a cradle which is connected to the heart by strings.

 The cradle is a  space into which we can put thoughts. The thoughts must be positive ideals which we want to improve upon in our lives.

 With the thought safely in the cradle we then concentrate on the feeling that we expect to get on attaining the ideal.

 The energy generated by the positive thought passes through the cradle strings to the heart, softening and curing it, enabling layers of  beliefs to be lifted from our spirit. The results are absolutely astounding.

 I highly recommend that you try this technique. But remember to only put positive values into the cradle. It doesn’t work any other way!

Another great method of meditating using the rythmic breathing technique is to immaging that the sound of our breath is actually the sound of soft waves falling against the sea shore.

Our bodies are made of about eighty per cent water and the concentration of our blood is similar to the concentration of sea water. What could be more fitting to our well being than to get in tune with the sound of the sea. After all, we all originally came from the sea.