To: K-list
Recieved: 2003/08/04 13:18
Subject: Re: [K-list] RE: Diaphragmology/muscles of resp/BMC & Network C
From: Richard Friedel

Greetings Bhavin,

One must of course agree with you completely.

On the other hand my work with a Korean Taekwun-Do instructor does show
that the difficulty westerners have with breathing is partly or even
mostly intellectual, "in the mind". The answer is to get over some junk
in western medicine, in particular the notion that the nose is merely to
"warm, clean and humidify the air".

See
http://www.audio-digest.org/pages/htmlos/0115.42.8131897210410510620/OT3524

"...increased nasal resistance applied to diaphragm leads to increased
muscle contraction..."

My personal experience in this direction is that a strong prolonged and
"silent" sniff or alternate nostril breathing (nadi sodhanna) causes a
breathing (as opposed to belly pushing) action of the diaphragm
accompanied with the effect that in the lower abdomen muscles are
clenching and producing very pleasant, healthy sensations. The firmer
the clench the better.

See http://www.lrz-muenchen.de/~s3e0101/webserver/webdata/Lysebeth2.jpg
for a diagram of a western "breathing" exercise for the diaphragm. The
wrong type of exercise simply makes the student pot-bellied, although it
may initially be useful to get a "frozen" diaphragm to budge in the
first place.

Regards, Richard

Bhavin Desai wrote:
>
>
>
> In general, it is not absolutely essential that all exercises,
> techniques, and methods are performed perfectly. 80% is usually fine.
> It is not worth the extra time and effort to strive for 95% to 100%.
> This is my practical experience.
>
> In general, it is not beneficial (or necessary) to focus/fixate on
> merely one aspect. Look at the whole picture. The whole picture is
> worth far more than even the sum of its parts. This is my practical
> experience.
>
> TheYogaMan
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