Principles of Perfect Breathing

Perfect breathing is the powerful marriage of breath awareness and conscious breathing. The most difficult aspect of conscious breathing is the “conscious” part. Breath awareness informs and advises us so that we can consciously and intentionally shape our life and experience. Without breath awareness, our breathing is “unconscious” and the opportunities to direct the power of our breath and intention are never presented to us.

In our book, “Perfect Breathing: Transform Your Life One Breath at a Time,” we explore the intimate interplay between our breath and the four dimensions of our existence – the body, mind, emotions, and spirit. We’ve shown that by developing breath awareness, you can enter into a new level of clarity and control over each facet of your life. Breath awareness is the first and most important step toward Perfect Breathing.

Each day that you remember to utilize this innate power you will receive its benefits and slowly but surely supplant the habits that have taken hold over the years. If you are like us (and most other people we know), you don’t have the time to take on another demanding, time-consuming practice that requires additional commitments or sacrifice. The good news is that the habit of unconscious breathing readily gives way to the immediately pleasing, calming, and beneficial effects of deep, slow, conscious inspiration. Your body quickly remembers how – and just how good it feels. By following the simple program detailed below, the seed of this dormant memory will germinate and begin to grow – steadily replacing the old habits.

The Perfect Breathing program is designed to streamline the process that leads to your Perfect Breath – the breath you need in any given situation, the breath that calms you when you are anxious, the breath that takes you to the crest of the hill, the breath that connects you to that one priceless moment – the breath you are taking right now. It is estimated that on average we use only 30 percent of our respiratory capacity. There is so much more potential. By taking just a few minutes each day to create the habit of breath awareness, you will find that you consciously draw from this always available reservoir with more and more frequency and that in short order this new found power will be your constant companion and second nature.

This practice is designed to help you rediscover this intensely personal power and find how it fits into your life, to find how it informs your intuition and changes everything that you do. Although it requires an insignificant amount of time – just a few minutes a day – it does require intention, commitment, and most of all patience. All of the benefits that we have presented thus far and in the remainder of the book can be yours. They are within reach of anyone reading this book, but they do not (in most cases) strike like lightning. It is more like a savings account than a sudden lottery win. It may not seem like much in the beginning, but over time, with consistent, persistent attention, it will become a personal fortune.

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