gcastilhos
09-01-2005, 03:36 AM
Hello to All Tribe!
Yesterday was my debut in Be Breathed and Slavyanskiy Byeg. After just the premilinary exercises, two things I noticed: how my breathing is really affected by Fear-Reactivity (I hold my breath when I need to breath out, like doing some strength exercise or just getting up the chair when I shoud breath in) and how Slavyanskiy Byeg reminds me of race walking.
So, now I have incorporated being breathed in my life. To tell the truth, a few years ago I developed a protocol for doing ukemi in Aikido that was just like that: in the way down, exhale, in the way up, let the air in naturally. I got some ugly faces from my peers, quite often. Well, that is life.
To test me with Be Breathed, I tried to do the one-arm-pushup and one-leg-squat with it (I have The Naked Warrior book and DVD from Pavel). The OAP was really awesome. No red faces, no headaches afterwards, not even pain. In the OLS (aka the Pistol), I noticed that in the way down, exhale, in the way up inhale, or better, let the air suck in. Another new-ances from be breathed. During the up phase, where I should be exerting maximum strength, I just let the air in and I got up nice and easy. I came to the conclusion that, if you breathe correctly, you are strong correctly.
I am a former amature race walker. I tried that for a couple of years and found really interesting in terms to know my body and having a workout better then running (former High School/College long distance runner, too), despite all the jokes I heard. Well, I hear that now, too, but who cares ;-) . When I watched the tape, I saw that the gait was very like the race walk gait. I gave a try right there, in the corridor. It was amazing how it felt like floating. It was like race walking without the strain and pain. At night I tried it through a few yards and now I have incorporated it to my daily training, with the all-the-time-training philosophy in mind, when I go to the subway or to the supermarket.
Be breathed while running!
Best to All Tribe
Yesterday was my debut in Be Breathed and Slavyanskiy Byeg. After just the premilinary exercises, two things I noticed: how my breathing is really affected by Fear-Reactivity (I hold my breath when I need to breath out, like doing some strength exercise or just getting up the chair when I shoud breath in) and how Slavyanskiy Byeg reminds me of race walking.
So, now I have incorporated being breathed in my life. To tell the truth, a few years ago I developed a protocol for doing ukemi in Aikido that was just like that: in the way down, exhale, in the way up, let the air in naturally. I got some ugly faces from my peers, quite often. Well, that is life.
To test me with Be Breathed, I tried to do the one-arm-pushup and one-leg-squat with it (I have The Naked Warrior book and DVD from Pavel). The OAP was really awesome. No red faces, no headaches afterwards, not even pain. In the OLS (aka the Pistol), I noticed that in the way down, exhale, in the way up inhale, or better, let the air suck in. Another new-ances from be breathed. During the up phase, where I should be exerting maximum strength, I just let the air in and I got up nice and easy. I came to the conclusion that, if you breathe correctly, you are strong correctly.
I am a former amature race walker. I tried that for a couple of years and found really interesting in terms to know my body and having a workout better then running (former High School/College long distance runner, too), despite all the jokes I heard. Well, I hear that now, too, but who cares ;-) . When I watched the tape, I saw that the gait was very like the race walk gait. I gave a try right there, in the corridor. It was amazing how it felt like floating. It was like race walking without the strain and pain. At night I tried it through a few yards and now I have incorporated it to my daily training, with the all-the-time-training philosophy in mind, when I go to the subway or to the supermarket.
Be breathed while running!
Best to All Tribe