Nine Step Bottled Wind Practice

[Harry Pain]

[SheepishLord]

Yes, it should not be done on a full stomach.

 

However, it shouldn't make your belly bigger. This practice expands the ribs. Too much focus on Dan Tien not good!

[KoHsuan]

Could somebody clarify one thing for me??

Whenever one inhale through left nostril the exhale has to be through right or left one?

[Harry Pain]

[Max]

You exhale through THE SAME nostril you used to inhale.

 

Try to be very relaxed or the purpose of this practice will go to waist.

[spyrelx]

I've been doing the 9bwp for 3 weeks or so. I can't really say I've noticed much of anything in the way of changes (other than a certain light headedness after practice), but I'm keeping at it.

 

In any event, has anyone had THIS experience? Whenever I do it and hold my breath I feel my pulse quite strong down around my diaphram. I mean I can actually put my finger right at the bottom of my rib cage in the center and feal my skin pulsing out. I can actually see it pulsing (I don't mean energetically, I mean physically, the skin moving). I'm a slim guy but not emaciated and it's a bit disconcerting.

 

I feel like the influx and holding of air must be exerting a lot of pressure on my diaphram and this is the result.

 

It doesn't hurt, and I don't feel like I'm staining anything, but it's very noticable. I've been meaning to write Bodri about it but I was wondering if anyone else has felt this.

 

spyrelx

[Max]

Whenever I do it and hold my breath I feel my pulse quite strong down around my diaphram. I mean I can actually put my finger right at the bottom of my rib cage in the center and feal my skin pulsing out. I can actually see it pulsing...

 

Yeah, same here. All the little pores and channels are opening up and so is the circulation, or at least that's what I feel is going on.

[Harry Pain]

More resource on breathing can be found here:

 

http://www.aliveandhealthy.com/breathing.html

 

With Metta,

 

 

Harry Pain

[Harry Pain]

Sorry. This is the link I intended:

 

http://www.aliveandhealthy.com/index.html

 

 

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With Metta,

 

 

Harry Pain

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