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Recieved: 2003/07/28 07:06
Subject: [K-list] pressure Re: Diaphragmology (Richard Friedel);
From: Nina Murrell-Kisner

I just had a sudden insight into an aspect of breathing. Here is a snip from my
last message:

"Another note, since the topic was on the relationship between health and
breathing exercises: ujjayi breathing and, in particular, breathe of fire and
breath retention (where the breath is held after the exhale) are heat-building
practices which pressurize the body. For this reason, people with nervous
system sensitivies to heat, such as those with Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic
Fatigue, Fibromyalgia, and even vata constitutions or pitta imbalances
(overload), should be very careful in or even halt their participation in such
practices."

Resistance = friction = heat building.

A closed system = one where the gates are locked, whether by choice (the
bhandas in yoga) or be default ("blockages", as commonly referred to in this
group).

When one builds heat in a closed system, the result is pressurization.

The result of this can be an intensification at and from the points of closure,
and/or blow-outs at the weakest areas along the closed system.

This is interesting to me, as it explains some of the 'fireworks' often
experienced by practicioners of Kundalini Yoga. It also has an interesting
connection to some of the disruptions experienced during the movement of
kundalini. Perhaps self-evident, but nonetheless...

goodnight,
Nina


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