1054 From: "Paula Youmans" <paula@webboise.com>
Date: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:01am
Subject: Spinal breathing question paula_youmans
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Hi everyone :-)
I have a quick question that I hope someone can answer for me. I
have added spinal breathing to my daily practices, and I always seem to
start breathing in and out through my forehead. I'm not sure if this is ok,
or if I am concentrating too hard on bringing "it" to the brow or what. I
will redirect myself to not do that, and by the third breath I'm breathing
out my forehead again.
Is this ok, or should I be redirecting my breath somewhere else?
I'm still looking for an answer to this in the lessons, but thought I'd ask
the more experienced members in the off chance that I'm doing something that
needs to stop now (I have a knack for tripping into dangerous territories).
The last thing I need is a week of instilling a bad habit LOL.
Kindest regards,
Paula
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1057 From: "Richard" <richardchamberlin14@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:34pm
Subject: Re: Spinal breathing question azaz932001
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--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, "Paula Youmans" <paula@w...> wrote:
> Hi everyone :-)
>
>
>
> I have a quick question that I hope someone can answer
for me. I
> have added spinal breathing to my daily practices, and I always
seem to
> start breathing in and out through my forehead. I'm not sure if
this is ok,
> or if I am concentrating too hard on bringing "it" to the brow or
what. I
> will redirect myself to not do that, and by the third breath I'm
breathing
> out my forehead again.
>
Hi Paula
Try adding Mulabandha, start with the sensation that produces, and
just trace the spinal nerve up to the third eye and then back down
again don't think to much about where the breath is just trace the
nerve and the breath will take care of itself. well that worked for
me anyhow.
Blessings R.C.
1058 From: "quickstudy05" <quickstudy05@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:45pm
Subject: Re: Spinal breathing question quickstudy05
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Hi Paula:
See lesson 92 at
http://www.aypsite.com/plus/92.htmlAbout 3/4 of the way down, you will find this:
"So, if you are seeing the star or having ecstasy reaching out beyond
the point between the eyebrows, go there as part of your normal
spinal breathing. It will add a lot to your practice. If you see the
star or have ecstasy extending out beyond the point between the
eyebrows during yoni mudra kumbhaka, just be there easily during
kumbhaka as the instructions say. Don't try and hang on to it. A
natural purification and connection is occuring. Just let it happen.
Keep in mind that we are working to purify our nervous system here on
earth. That is what we are doing in meditation, spinal breathing,
kumbhaka, bandhas, mudras, and all the rest. Enjoy the bliss of
heaven when it kisses you. Bring it back into your body naturally in
practices. Remember, the work we are doing is here in this earth
form. What we accomplish here we will take with us wherever we go
when we leave. This nervous system is the gateway. If we attend to
that, everything else will take care of itself."
Suggestion: Whether you are going out beyond the brow or not, make
sure you go all the way back down to the root with each cycle of
spinal breathing.
Best of luck!
--- In AYPforum@yahoogroups.com, "Paula Youmans" <paula@w...> wrote:
> Hi everyone :-)
>
>
>
> I have a quick question that I hope someone can answer
for me. I
> have added spinal breathing to my daily practices, and I always
seem to
> start breathing in and out through my forehead. I'm not sure if
this is ok,
> or if I am concentrating too hard on bringing "it" to the brow or
what. I
> will redirect myself to not do that, and by the third breath I'm
breathing
> out my forehead again.
>
> Is this ok, or should I be redirecting my breath
somewhere else?
> I'm still looking for an answer to this in the lessons, but thought
I'd ask
> the more experienced members in the off chance that I'm doing
something that
> needs to stop now (I have a knack for tripping into dangerous
territories).
> The last thing I need is a week of instilling a bad habit LOL.
>
>
>
> Kindest regards,
>
> Paula
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
1059 From: "RobGee" <robg33@catskill.net>
Date: Wed Jun 15, 2005 6:58pm
Subject: Re: Re: Spinal breathing question ginoverdi9
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The breath does take care of itself. In the beginning i had a bit of trouble
with the breathing in meditation, as i was inhaling on the I and exhaling on
the AM, due to many years of meditation using the breath. With some answers
from David and J&K i verbalized the I AM for a few breaths, and lo and
behold the breath does take care of itself whether in spinal breathing or
the meditation portion, as Richard states below.
Rob
and the breath will take care of itself. well that worked for
> me anyhow.
>
> Blessings R.C.
1060 From: "Paula Youmans" <paula@webboise.com>
Date: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:48pm
Subject: Re: Spinal breathing question paula_youmans
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You are right, and I shouldn't be analyzing it so much in retrospect.
I tend to inhale on I am and again exhale on I am. Now with the spinal
breathing
I tend to want that to be in rhythm with everything else...like a little
symphony. At first I thought I was being overly analytical in
Needing rhythm.but who could sit there if it was all out of time? And I
think that timing is probably a very personal
Taste.like music.
I will try that verbalization that you mentioned.
Even when I do it now, omitting the I am during inhale feels nice and gives
a moment of silence.
Slows me down a bit, which is pleasant.
One thing is for sure, I need to stop nit picking myself LOL
Thanks for your reply :-)
Paula
The breath does take care of itself. In the beginning i had a bit of trouble
with the breathing in meditation, as i was inhaling on the I and exhaling on
the AM, due to many years of meditation using the breath. With some answers
from David and J&K i verbalized the I AM for a few breaths, and lo and
behold the breath does take care of itself whether in spinal breathing or
the meditation portion, as Richard states below.
Rob
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1061 From: "Paula Youmans" <paula@webboise.com>
Date: Wed Jun 15, 2005 10:38pm
Subject: RE: Re: Spinal breathing question paula_youmans
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Thank you for your help R.C. and Quickstudy
I had to look up what Mulabandha was and I was going through it as I was
reading about it in the AYP. Wow, and I thought I was a hermit before LOL.
First it stayed in the tantien region (I think that's what it's called
anyway) but I couldn't stand it and felt like.excuse me for being candid
here, that I had to take it to completion, and to me that means rolling it
up. So I proceeded to roll it up into my chest, which is just a fantastic
feeling.
I started getting these shivers down my spine and I actually realized that I
forgot I even had a back.
Right when I was realizing that I was maybe getting a little carried away, I
read the warning to bring it back down to the root each time. At first it
felt like just stopping in the middle of sex.but I knew I should before I
went too gusto. I'm not sure why, but my inclination is to always go up up
up and I need to get comfortable with bringing it down. That desire for
spiritual climax sweeps me and I tend to run off with it, so I will be very
diligent in bringing it down to the root each time.
All of this has opened my eyes to quite a bit.thank you so much :-)
I really wasn't expecting to feel it so immediately.
~Paula
