by Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov:
BREATHING EXERCISES
P.28/29: Breathing is a form of nutrition, and just as we have
to chew our food thoroughly, in the same way, when we breathe, we should 'chew'
the air. When you breathe in you should hold the air in your lungs (which are a
kind of stomach) until they have had time to assimilate fully all the
nutritional substances it contains. If you expel the air from your lungs almost
at once, you reject these substances before your organism has had time to
extract the beneficial elements.
Description
of the breathing exercises:
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Begin by closing your
left nostril and breathing in deeply through the right nostril, to the
count of 4.
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Hold your breath to the
count of 16.
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Close your right nostril
and breathe out through the left nostril to the count of 8.
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Still with the right
nostril closed, breathe in through the left nostril to the count of 4.
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Hold your breath to the count of 16.
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Breathe out through the
right nostril to the count of 8.
Repeat these six steps six times in all. If you are
capable of doing so, you can double the time of each movement, counting 8, 32,
16.
Deep breathing can be extremely efficacious in healing
your nervous system and treating many other disorders. If you have a deficiency
of calcium, sodium, iodine, etc., a doctor would prescribe a series of
injections, whereas an initiate would begin by advising the absorption of these
elements on the etheric plane by means of breathing exercises. The way to do
this is extremely simple: while breathing, you concentrate on the idea that you
are taking from the air whatever element is lacking. Yes, your body is well
aware of what it needs; it has its own team of very efficient chemists who are
able to extract the substances you need from the air you breathe. This is why
disciples can never be content with the medicines sold in the chemist's shop.
They prefer to breathe with love, knowing that they can draw the elements they
need from the atmosphere.
But
this is not all: you can also draw into yourself substances, forces, and
particles from the world above, such as light, peace, and an abundance of
life-giving elements. When you breathe, therefore, you should seek to draw into
yourself exactly the spiritual elements that you most need at the time.
