BREATHING

EP  47     On Patterned Breathing

From the moment we are born into the world we breathe. Breathing is basic to life. Along with food, rest, sleep and sunshine, breathing is a major source of etheric vitality necessary for the generation and regeneration of a healthy life.  Yet as basic as breathing is to good health, few of us over­come our instinctive pattern of breathing (indeed, we often corrupt it) to gain self-conscious control over the work of our lungs. The fact is, that most of us breathe poorly and our health suffers as a result.

Breathing exercises abound, some good, some harmful. We must use the utmost caution when we decide to interfere with our breathing - for the manner in which we breathe affects every other aspect of our physiology and psychical well-being. We find that many Eastern techniques of breathing can have detrimental effects on the minds and bodies of Westerners, crippling their nervous Systems by prematurely exciting their etheric energy centres.

Our recommended system of breathing is both safe and effec­tive, having been practised over the millennia in many traditions. Every exercise and meditation to follow will benefit from patterned breathing. When breathing systemati­cally you free the mind of the bodies' discomforts and charge the meditational process with focused energy. You will soon find that patterned breathing will begin to enter your non-meditative states. By breathing properly you will enjoy increased stores of etheric vitality for your own health and to share with others in need.

EP 49 Basic Breathing technique (see Esoteric Practice book)