BeBreathed: Breathing question

[sunshine]

Hi girls & guys: I recently purchased the Be Breathed DVD.

Already with the first exercise (the Butterfly) I have difficulties getting how to do it correctly.

Let's say Scott lies there straight and then comes up with the body into the sitting position. He does an inhale. Now going back to the straight lying down position he does a sudden exhale (between straight sitting & starting to lie down)... now: does one continue to the exhale while slowly lying down vertebra by vertebra or does one keep a completely exhalated position (so no breathing part at all) while doing this?

Same problem with coming from the butterfly position into the straight lying position. He does a quick exhale (abdominal wall contraction) short before getting into the lying down position... but the descritpion again does not tell you if you have already reached full exhalation before moving on to the straight lying down position or if one continues to exhale after the first exahaltion contraction...

I know: that all is probably not easy to understand, but I lack the ability to describe it better...

thankx for any help

Harald Lemke
(alias Harry)

[Scott Sonnon]

Harry,

As per forum courtesy policy, please first begin by posting an introduction to the Welcome Mat on your background and interests here at RMAX, including your full, real name in the signature.

[sunshine]

just did it...

:D

Harald Lemke
(alias Harry)

[Scott Sonnon]

... including your full, real name in the signature. Thank you.

[Scott Sonnon]

Harry,

The protocol is very simple and general: avoid holding your breath, avoid pressurizing (forcing against inhale), actively exhale wherever you feel effort, and allow yourself to passively exhale when compressing, and allow yourself to passively inhale when expanding. Unconsciously, as your practice develops you will perform longer and longer on the control pause (after exhalation.)

[sunshine]

Thankx for the reply Coach Sonnon. But I am slow on this. So I actually got it right that sometimes there are quite long beathing (control) pauses after exhalation in the material presented, right? But I still did not get if one is better off having a continuous long easy exhale on for example coming from the lying down straight position to the sitting ip position or if one actually breathes out actively in a short powerful way (as shown by you on the tape) and then keep the control pause the rest of the movement...

thankx again

Harald Lemke

[Scott Sonnon]

Harry,

You're beginning to get it, but you're still holding on to codified, objective rules.

You begin by active exhalation on perceived effort or discomfort and passive inhalation on cessation of perceived effort or discomfort. Then, as you can easily perform this, you allow natural breathing to happen: passive exhalation on compression - passive inhalation on expansion. Without conscious involvement, you begin to operate on the control pause, and with continued consistent practice your control pause lengthens.

Each new action is gauged upon your subjective perception of the movement (biochemically, emotionally, myofascially, and cognitively). As you improve you move from unconscious reflex to conscious discipline to unconconscious flow and mastery.

[sunshine]

I am starting to get the pattern. Thankx for the training lesson Coach Sonnon.

Harald Lemke