BREATHING EXERCISE 3

Sit upon a pillow on the floor with your legs crossed and your back streight.

Empty your lungs completely.

Close your left nostril with the fingers of one of your hands.

Breath in through your right nostril counting to 4. When breathing in, try to do it in three stages that proceed smoothely into each other:

-Use first your diafragm so that your stomack moves out.

-Then fill further by using your chest muscles

-And then compleete the filling by using the muscles around your shoulders

Hold your breath counting to 16.

Then close your right nostril with your fingers.

Then breath out through your left nostril counting to 8. When breathing out, try to do it in three stages that proceed smoothely into each other:

-Use first your diafragm so that your stomack moves in

-Then empty further by using your chest muscles

-And then complete emptying by using the muscles around your shoulders

When you have breathed out, repeat the exercise, but this time begin by closing your right nostril first.