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Once upon a time, only the most advanced yogis or Taoist masters practiced and taught this breathing technique. Today tens of thousands of people ‘in the know’ have mastered it, and are utilizing it with great zeal and success—including world-class athletes, elite warriors, top martial artists, and peak performers in almost every field.

Connected Breathing was once an occult practice, cloaked in rituals and taught in mystery schools, passed on only to the most deserving students or worthy acolytes. But now the secret is out! Cab drivers, housewives, and corporate executives are learning it from cognitive therapists and behavioral scientists. Spiritual teachers and healing artists are using it and celebrating the benefits!

Connected Breathing is also called “circular breathing” “continuous breathing” and “energy breathing”

It was called “rebirthing” when I learned it in the mid 70’s. I wrote about my first rebirthing session in an earlier blog. Needless to say, it was mind blowing and life changing! I called it “Spiritual Breathing” and decided right then and there to devote my life to sharing it with the world.

Most people back then called it “new age nonsense.” The average person felt that it was “too good to be true.” This was understandable, because the benefits of the practice were often so incredible, so astonishing, and so immediate. Mainstream medical scientists simply wrote off the many reports and testimonials as hyperbole or wishful thinking.

Despite the cynics, skeptics, and naysayers, I have traveled to over 40 countries in the past 37 years, and I have initiated more than 80,000 people into this amazing practice. And I am only one among an army of enthusiastic proponents! In fact several million people have now been introduced to this transformational breathing technique.

Connected Breathing is used to increase energy and to eliminate stress, anxiety, and depression. It is used to bring deep relaxation and to heal post traumatic stress. It is used to prevent and recover from illness and injury.

It is used to release suppressed emotions, to awaken creative energies, and to build up the immune system. Cancer patients use it to alleviate pain, fatigue, and nausea. It is used in tantric practices and during child birth.

Connected breathing is both a doing and a non-doing at the same time. Wrap your Zen mind around that! I love it because it brings together the two fundamental aspects of Breathwork: “Breath Awareness” and “Conscious Breathing.”

This way of breathing establishes a smooth continuous flow of energy and awareness in the body. It is an easy and natural breathing pattern. It is a gentle yet dynamic form of meditation.The Buddha did it. Most animals do it. And if you observe house cats, you will see that they too are masters of it!

And so what exactly is Connected Breathing?

Simply speaking, the breaths are literally connected. That means there are no pauses or gaps between the inhales and the exhales. The in-breaths merge with the out-breaths, and the out-breaths merge with the in-breaths. Breathing is continuous; it turns like a wheel, smoothly, in an uninterrupted way.

Try it now:

Simply relax your body and give the breathing your undivided attention. Get the breath moving in and out gently, and keep it smoothly turning like a wheel.

Connect your inhale to your exhale, and your exhale to your inhale, without any pauses or gaps between the breaths. No hesitating or holding the breath for a moment between the inhale and the exhale. And no waiting or resting between the exhale and the inhale.

The inhale is slightly active; the exhale is totally relaxed. Pull the breath in slowly and consciously; and let the exhale go quickly and completely. Ride the curve of the breath as it turns from inhale to exhale and from exhale to inhale.

Practice this way of breathing every day according to this formula: 10+10+(10×2).

That means doing it for ten minutes in the morning, ten minutes in the evening, and ten times during the day for two minutes each time.

If you practice it in this way, I guarantee that you will be amazed by the results! If you think that I am exaggerating, then try it for 21 days and experience the extraordinary benefits for yourself. And please be sure to write to me about your personal experience.

Various thoughts, feelings, sensations, and emotions will no doubt arise in the process. If you don’t allow these things to distract you, if you don’t make them important, if you don’t react to them, and instead stay focused on relaxing and doing the connected breathing, you will observe that all those things naturally pass or fall away on their own.

With practice, you’ll learn to make subtle intuitive adjustments to the breathing rhythm. And in so doing, you will develop the ability to overcome or transcend any negative or limiting physiological, emotional or psychological state. When you master it, you will realize that if nothing can disturb your breathing, then nothing can disturb you!

I believe that Connected Breathing is one of the oldest and purest forms of Kriya Yoga.

It has been rediscovered and restored in our time. You can be renewed and refreshed by it right now—not through strict effort or a long egoic struggle—but through a natural attraction and open attention to that which is always already present and continuously alive in you:

Try it. You’ll like it!

Good luck in your practice.

Dan

For more information about Breathwork, please go to www.breathmastery.com.

Download your free copy of my book, "Shut Up And Breathe!" http://www.breathmastery.com/shutupandbreathe

PS: If you are ready to get onto the Path of Breath Mastery right now, you can enroll in the 60-Day Online Course: "21 Lessons in the Art and Science of Breathwork." Visit: http://breathmastery.com/onlinecourse

Or, join my Breath Mastery Inner Circle, and freely access almost 40 years of breath and breathing research, articles, essays, audio/video files, seminar transcripts, workshop handouts, and even complete training manuals!

This month I start a series of articles on Breathwork, beginning with the two basic aspects of the practice: Breath Awareness and Conscious Breathing. You can think of these as yin and yang aspects, active and passive practices.

Breath Awareness means simply observing the breath, watching the breath, noticing the breathing… witnessing it. This is the passive aspect. You don’t breathe in any particular way: the breaths come and go by themselves.

The Awareness we are talking about is meditative awareness. It is not thinking, not judging, not comparing, not analyzing: it is a soft open state of alertness or presence. Breath Awareness is a “mindfulness” practice, with extraordinary benefits.

As you observe your breathing moment to moment, you are looking for details: sense the breath, listen to it. How do you know you are breathing? What are the feelings and sensations that occur? Where do you notice those feelings and sensations? What muscles do you use? Where does the breath go in you? What does it touch? What moves when you breathe?

As you become more aware of the breath, you naturally become more aware of other things in your mind and body: thoughts, feelings and sensations, and emotions. You become aware of your self-talk, your physical tensions, energetic contractions, habits, patterns, urges, reactions. Witness these things. Don’t make them important.

When your mind wanders, when miscellaneous thoughts or things around you distract you, simply return your attention to the breath. This practice of awareness comes without attachment, resistance or judgment. It is pure conscious awareness. Nothing is happening to you: it is just happening. You are the witness.

The second aspect is Conscious Breathing. This is where you come in. You give the breathing a certain quality or pattern. You breathe with a certain intention. You control and direct the breath in some way. With Breath Awareness the breath is breathing you. With conscious Breathing you are breathing the breath.

There are countless conscious breathing exercises and techniques. For example there is a practice called “Square Breathing” or “Box Breathing” used by warriors, martial artists, Navy Seals and Special Forces personnel.

To do Square Breathing: inhale for a count of 4; hold for a count of 4; exhale for a count of 4; hold for a count of 4.

Another example of Conscious breathing technique or exercise is called “Mother’s Breath”: inhale for a count of 7; hold for a count of 1; exhale for a count of 7; hold for a count of 1.

Conscious Breathing or “breath control” could mean practicing alternate nostril breathing, inhaling thru the nose and exhaling thru the mouth, doing pursed lip breathing, or employing breath sounds. It could mean combining breath and movement, or visualization or affirmations.

We move forward in our breathwork practice by going back and forth between these two aspects: active and passive: doing the breathing and letting the breath breathe itself.

An important part of Breathwork practice is integrating these two aspects into our daily lives. Become aware of your breathing at different times; tune into your breathing in different situations. Notice how you breathe during various interactions and activities.

Breathe consciously from time to time when you are walking: perhaps in rhythm to your footsteps, or when listening to music. Breathe consciously when you are taking in a sunset, when you are listening to someone. Learn to use conscious breathing to relax yourself, to energize yourself; to prepare for things and to recover from them.

We go thru life in a similar way: sometimes with paddle our boat, and other times we let the river take us. We sometimes take charge and we sometimes get out of the way. Sometimes we control, and sometimes we surrender. We live our life, and we let life live us.

When we practice an active conscious breathing technique, it’s a good idea to practice Meditative Awareness before and after the active exercise or technique. Track the changes in your mind and body, in your energy. Keep a journal. Share your notes and experience with other Breathworkers.

In the Inner Circle Members Area, there are a number of recordings and transcripts of Guided Breath Awareness and Conscious Breathing sessions. I invite you to become a Breath Mastery Inner Circle member.

Right now, you can become a Lifetime Member for less than the cost of a single year membership! This offer will not last long, so I suggest you take advantage of the opportunity while you can!

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Next month, we will explore the two core techniques or exercises used in Transformational Breathwork or Spiritual Breathing Practice. Until then, good luck in your practice and many blessings on your path!

For more information about Breathwork, please go to www.breathmastery.com.

Download your free copy of my book, "Shut Up And Breathe!" http://www.breathmastery.com/shutupandbreathe

PS: If you are ready to get onto the Path of Breath Mastery right now, you can enroll in the 60-Day Online Course: "21 Lessons in the Art and Science of Breathwork." Visit: http://breathmastery.com/onlinecourse

Or, join my Breath Mastery Inner Circle, and freely access almost 40 years of breath and breathing research, articles, essays, audio/video files, seminar transcripts, workshop handouts, and even complete training manuals!

This month, I offer you this beautiful article by one of my all time favorite Breathworkers, Ivonne Alexander. It is an honor and a pleasure—a blessing—to call her my student, teacher, and friend. YOU ARE BEING BREATHED BY GOD! Transcendental Rebirthing & the Power of Breathwork

And when I breathed, my breath was lightning. ~Black Elk

In the beginning there was the word, yet before this word there was the first breath that carried the Prana for creation.Prana is the breath of life, the vitality of spirit. Without it, there is no experience of what we call reality, others or self. Breath in its essence includes this energy, which in Transcendental Rebirthing is seen as the elixir that keeps us all connected to the divine in all, through the divine within.

Through the awareness of the breath, and the interconnectedness that occurs with others, we consistently create a surrounding field where all energy is transferred, shared and exchanged. Thoughts, emotions, actions and intents, are transported through the field of breath in to others psyches and life field forces. I took a deep breath and listened to the old bray of my heart: I am, I am, I am. ~Sylvia Plath

It doesn’t surprise me that for eons now all ancient & current spiritual teachers, all ancient schools of self mastery have focused on breath work, on the very one thing: that upon inhaling there is life, and upon exhaling there is release.

We too should make ourselves empty, that the great soul of the universe may fill us with its breath. ~Laurence Binyon

Prana (प्राण, prāṇa) is the Sanskrit word for “vital life”. It is one of the five organs of vitality or sensation. The practice of Pranayama is a MUST for any practitioner of yoga, meditation, or spiritual practice. Through it the control of prana is achieved (initially) from the control of one’s breathing.

According to Yogic philosophy the breath, or air, is merely a gateway to the world of prana and its manifestation in the body. In yoga, pranayama techniques are used to control the movement of these vital energies within the body, which is said to lead to an increase in vitality in the practitioner.

All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together. ~Morihei Ueshiba

In Vedanta philosophy, prana is the notion of a vital, life-sustaining force of living beings and vital energy comparable to the Chinese notion of Qi that flows through a network of fine subtle channels called nadis or meridians.

A man must be strong in that profession; he must have vigor of body and mind. Yet I am all out of breath if I walk up a hill; I have not the heart to crush even a fly. ~Gregorio M. Sierra

In Transcendental Rebirthing we use and invoke the breath OF THE DIVINE MOTHER ENERGY, the pranic energy that supports rebirth and intention into actualized brilliancy and cycle-completion manifestations. It also supports the breath as the sacred language that keeps us connected to a higher purpose for the benefit of the whole.

Smile, breathe and go slowly. ~Thich Nhat Hanh

We believe that if one is aware of the breath, this creates a mirror neuron effect in others, who effortlessly, and without being directed to DO THE BREATH WORK, naturally begin to experience this conscious awareness. Forcing others to breathe creates its opposite effect.

A healthy mind has an easy breath. ~Author Unknown

Breathing is an unconscious competent act for most of humanity. The breath of spirit and of love is something that requires reawakening, rebirth and restoration into human consciousness.

With our very breath we connect to the whole. Which each, inhale we create new possibilities for the oneness of it all. And every exhale sends a message to the whole of humanity in an instant.

Breathe. Let go. And remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure. ~Oprah Winfrey

It is not possible not to be connected with others through the breath. Breath knows no concept of time, space or separation, thus our breath is connected to the lineage of our ancestors and our future generations in this very moment.

The non linearity of breath makes time disappear, and our connection to the Source of it all—that in TR we experience as the presence of God—undeniable.

Learn how to exhale, and the inhale will take care of itself. ~Carla Melucci Ardito

Within the sacred womb of life embraced by the Divine mother energy, our breath is a tool that transcends the doing, and embraces the being.

Breathing with awareness ceases struggles, righteousness and unnecessary competition with each other. Breath, right now in humanity, is the most powerful sacred language & prayer of unification we all have.

Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again. ~L. Frank Baum

Imagine if for one minute, and only one, the whole of humanity agreed upon a day, a time where for 60 seconds we will speak nothing but the sacred language of breath. That we all, wars, television networks, schools, government organizations pause for one single minute just to breathe… imagine:

What could possibly happen then?

Will we all feel the oneness then?

Wouldn’t we all drop our separation and pettiness, and embrace the human essence of soul connection?

Would we finally manifest Peace on Earth?

Yet since this sixty-second experiment is not happening, or at least, not yet… we can begin right now with ourselves. In the sacred realm of Transcendental Rebirthing we can remember that every single being is sacred.

Starting with ourselves we have the capacity to become the butterfly effect… That with our breath can heal and transform, we can transmute, relax, and share the gift of living—the breath of life.

Breathwork then, with this awareness is no work at all, but a sacred offering to the divine within each of us, and to the divine in all. Thus it will be appropriate then to rename it as Breath-joy.

Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God. ~Krishnamacharya

We pray and wish for you all to Breathe with awareness; we pray for us all to breathe with ease, to recognize the collective effect this has far beyond words and thoughts.

Prana is transferred through breath, and through it we hold hands with our human family just by the simple sound of the inhale and the exhale… with the sound of AH.

All things share the same breath – the beast, the tree, the man… the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. ~Chief Seattle

We invite you with awareness to inhale peace, exhale possibilities; inhale awareness, exhale transmutation; inhale presence, exhale the present; inhale love, exhale joy.

There is one way of breathing that is shameful and constricted. Then, there’s another way: a breath of love that takes you all the way to infinity. ~Rumi

May you inhale and exhale the love that you are, have been, and will always be! And may we all be aware that in this very moment we are being breathed and created by God.

Breathfuly yours,

Ivonne Delaflor

Founder & Creator of the Transcendental Rebirthing System

For more information about Breathwork, please go to www.breathmastery.com.

Download your free copy of my book, "Shut Up And Breathe!" http://www.breathmastery.com/shutupandbreathe

PS: If you are ready to get onto the Path of Breath Mastery right now, you can enroll in the 60-Day Online Course: "21 Lessons in the Art and Science of Breathwork." Visit: http://breathmastery.com/onlinecourse

Or, join my Breath Mastery Inner Circle, and freely access almost 40 years of breath and breathing research, articles, essays, audio/video files, seminar transcripts, workshop handouts, and even complete training manuals!

Many people who have never done breathwork wonder what all the fuss is about. They ask what is the point of it; they want to know what the value or the benefits of it are.

For those of us who are immersed in the practice—our direct experience makes it all obvious and self-evident. But still, it is important to remind ourselves and to inform others of the astonishing power and potential of Breathwork: so that’s what I’ll do here this month.

We use breathwork for self-improvement and personal growth; we use it to increase our physical, emotional and cognitive wellbeing; we us it to enhance our creative abilities and to boost our self-healing capacities. We apply it for achieving peak performance, for attaining optimum health, and for realizing our ultimate potential.

Breathwork gives us more energy on a day-to-day basis, and it helps us to sleep better. Breathworkers are not as tense, stressed, anxious or afraid—as often or as much—as others. Breathwork helps us to maintain a peaceful loving heart, a relaxed energized body, and a clear quiet mind—even in the most difficult moments of life.

Breathwork gives us greater physical, emotional and psychological endurance and resilience. With it, we can improve our brain and nervous system activity, and we can strengthen our immune system. Breathwork strengthens and vitalizes our muscles, tendons, nerves, bones, and vital organs.

We use breathwork to eliminate headaches, back aches and other types of pain—and without drugs. And we use it to prevent many illnesses and to avoid injuries. Breathwork is to psychosomatic illness what penicillin was to bacterial infections!

Breathwork produces more success and harmony in relationships. It gives us more patience, empathy and compassion. We have a natural tendency to forgive and forget. It immunizes us against caregiver stress and burnout, while supporting us in expressing our greatest gifts.

We use it to overcome inherited limitations and genetic shortcomings, and to free ourselves from negative habits and tendencies. It helps us to recover from birth and infancy traumas; and it helps us to get free of negative or limiting family, cultural, and religious programming.

It helps us access greater intelligence, intuition, and wisdom. Breathwork opens us to non-ordinary and transcendent states of consciousness, and to a felt sense of our own natural divinity.

It allows us to get more pleasure from sex—taking it to a whole other level! And it takes our yoga and meditation and martial art practices to new and extraordinarily high levels.

And the best part of all is that with practice, anyone can reap these benefits! With good coaching and a minimum amount of knowledge and skills, you can begin to experience life-changing results starting from your very first session!

That’s why we have created the Breath Mastery Inner Circle Membership Program: so that you can educate yourself, learn from others, and receive free coaching, consulting and training directly from me.

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Good luck in your Practice! Dan

And please go to www.breathmastery.com.

Download your free copy of my book, “Shut Up And Breathe!” http://www.breathmastery.com/shutupandbreathe

PS: If you are ready to get onto the Path of Breath Mastery right now, you can enroll in the 60-Day Online Course: “21 Lessons in the Art and Science of Breathwork.” Visit: http://breathmastery.com/onlinecourse

Or, join my Breath Mastery Inner Circle, and freely access almost 40 years of breath and breathing research, articles, essays, audio/video files, seminar transcripts, workshop handouts, and even complete training manuals! Visit: http://www.breathmastery.com/breathmastery-inner-circle-membership