Dr. Jinendra KothariMessenger of Sustainable Happiness
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Pranic Breathing

The foundation of the practice path: conscious breath that steadies the nervous system, clarifies emotion, and opens the door to deeper meditation.

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7 Types of Breath for Health-Healing-Happiness

Introduction

Current research confirms a direct relationship between breathing (lung function), overall health, longevity, emotions, and Happiness. Healthy breathing is not just a matter of the oxygen / carbon dioxide balance or other biochemical processes in the body, but is also related to the free, spontaneous rhythms and movements of breathing in our muscles, fascia, bones, organs, fluids, brain, spine and energy channels (Chakras / Meridians).

To sit, stand, move, sense, think, feel, perceive, act, and vocalize in ways that support healthy breathing, you need to increase your internal awareness and your ability to experience the sensations and energies of the body both at rest and in movement. You become aware of how abnormal and unnecessary tension in your mind and body constrict your breath and affect your health.

There is not 'one set' of breathing exercises or practices that is appropriate for everyone. One must learn by self experience the correct breathing for management of emotions and health.

The "wisdom of the body" is such that a change in one part of your self, especially a change in breathing, often brings about unexpected changes in other parts as well — all in the name of homeostasis; the tendency in living organisms to maintain a state of chemical, physiological, emotional and mental equilibrium.

Seven basic categories of breathing

3S exercises utilize the special postures, movements, sounds, Mudra, touch, and attention to achieve the desired results by maintaining awareness both during & just after a practice. It gives your brain & nervous system time to integrate both the actions & the results of the action into your breathing patterns. 3S Exercises combine a number of different ways to work with breath.

  1. Stimulated Breath

    • 3S Stimulated Kinesthetic Massage (SKM)

  2. Resonance Breath

    • 3S Basic Breathing Exercises (BE14, BE15, BE16)

  3. Being Breath

    • 3S Basic Breathing Exercises (BE1, BE2, BE3, BE4)

  4. Modulated Breath

    • 3S Basic Breathing Exercises (BE11, BE12, BE13)

  5. Motion Breath

    • 3S Basic Breathing Exercises (BE6)
    • 3S Sitting Postures Exercises (SP2)
    • 3S Dynamic Movement Exercises (ME — Set I to III)

  6. Postural Breath

    • 3S Postural Mudra Breath (PBE 1 to 4)
    • 3S Mudra Healing Exercises (MHE 1 to 8)
    • 3S Basic Breathing Exercises (BE 7 to 10)

  7. Healing / Imaginary Breath

    • 3S Self Empowerment Training (SET 1 to 5)

Breathing facts

  1. Nose breathing

    delivers nitric oxide to lungs, blood and cells. Normal nose breathing helps us to use our own nitric oxide generated in sinuses.

  2. Mouth breathing

    reduces alveolar O₂ and arterial blood CO₂ concentrations. Mouth breathing reduces oxygenation of the whole body.

  3. Several deep and fast breaths reduce CO₂ in the lungs and blood

    so the person naturally holds their breath until the CO₂ level reaches the initially pre-set value.

  4. Breath-holding accumulates more carbon dioxide

    this leads to intensified breathing. This over-breathing continues until extra CO₂ is removed and the pre-set value is reached again.

  5. Safe exercising

    when physical exercise is done with avoidance of any mouth breathing, physical activity is 100% safe even for severely sick people. (They would not be able to have intensive exercise and will rely on lighter activities, like walking).