Meditation II - Triangular Breathing Meditation

Triangular Breathing

Here we'll discuss about Triangular Breathing in meditation. This one is very simple. You'll be able to get close to 'master it' within a week. In this type, we use deep breathing in a new way - triangular way. So if you have any problems with lungs like asthma, do this when you are not currently suffering from asthma. If you have such problems, you won't be able to do this in an appreciable manner.

Triangular Breathing is the way of breathing in the ratio 1:1:1. Usually I name this breathing method 'Equilateral Triangular Breathing'. Steps 3-5 gives a brief description on how to do this. This one doesn't need procedure but for the sake of it...

Did You Know...

1. Adults usually use only one-third (200 million out of 600 million, approx.) of the alveolar cells in the lungs?

PROCEDURE

1. Sit cross-legged comfortably and keep your back straight. In Meditation I, you were not asked to consciously keep your spine straight because there we shouldn't do things consciously. But here, you should use a little extra effort. Clasp you fingers and close your eyes if you want to.

2. Take 1 or 2 deep breaths to cool you off.

3. Now inhale deeply and fill your lungs at a uniform rate through a course of some 5 or 7 or 12 or more seconds.

4. Keep the air in your lungs for about the same time - 5 or 7 or 12 or more seconds.

5. Exhale completely and uniformly through a course of the same time.

6. If you wish to and have the energy, repeat steps 3 - 5 six or twelve times or a 'multiple of six' times. I don't know why this is so. This is what I learnt - do it in multiples of six.

DON'T s
1. Don't pressure yourself to keep the air in a longer time. Time will build-up gradually.
2. Don't pressure yourself to repeat it more number of times.

Did You Know...

2. Deep, Slow Breathing is believed to increase your lifetime?
3. Tortoises breath in a very, very slow rate? Not only their breathing, but many bodily functions are slow. And their lifetime is 120+ years.

BENEFITS
1. Increase lung capacity and power.
2. This one can aid cure your asthma.
3. Increase stamina and energy, get more cosmic energy (we'll deal about this later), improve concentration, and eliminate many diseases. 
4. Slower and deeper breathing can slow down and improve most of your bodily processes like heart beat, digestion, etc. That's why deep breathing itself can cure many diseases which seem to have no connection with lungs.

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