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      • Day's of Appreciation >
        • Love Comes Walkin In
        • Connection
        • At A Snail's Pace
      • Poems >
        • New Poems >
          • Imagine
          • The Morning Quiet
          • Why I Read Poetry
          • On Art
          • Our Song
          • Everything
          • Escape
          • Smiling Eyes
          • Mercy
        • Poems from Passion >
          • Part I >
            • When the Heart Beats
            • Let Me View Life- The Way the Heart Feels..
            • Little Girl
            • The Light
            • When I Called Her Name
            • Betwixt the Stars
            • When Cherry Blossom's Bloom
            • The Smell of Rain
          • Part II >
            • Kissing Contusion
            • Inside Each Other's Kiss
            • Butterflies Break-
            • She Was Mad-
            • Fire and Ice
            • The Trace of Night
          • Part III >
            • The Moment Before Janet Arrived
            • She Didn't Know
            • I Pretend
            • Collapsed Star
            • My Heart Bleeds...
            • Love Divided
            • In Loving Memory
            • You Never Said Goodbye...
            • Life Teaches in Mysterious Ways
            • I Learned I was Valuable
            • I Choose to Burn
            • Good Love Doesn't Hurt
          • Part IV >
            • Lady Compassion Waits
            • Daring Hearts
            • The Tides
            • She Fell
            • Your Presence
            • The Seeker
      • Short Stories >
        • Cumberland Canteen
        • The Moon Connection
        • The Lady and the Sea
        • Olly and Mildred
        • Super FLy!
        • 1713 Maplewood Drive
        • Divine Grace
      • Inner Beauty Quotes >
        • Love Series >
          • Self-Love
          • The Wind
          • The Heart
          • Connected Kisses
          • Beauty
          • Sweetness
          • Love Story
          • Emotion
          • Keep Close to your Heart
          • I Love to Feel
          • Saxophone Song
          • When the Lover Speaks
          • Shed My Flesh
          • Tongue Tied
        • Healing Series >
          • The Process of Healing
          • True Nature of a Healer
          • Healing
          • In Order to Heal
          • Heal Yourself First
          • No Shame in Pain
          • Break Me
          • Your Needs Come First
          • Heal the Self - Heal the World
        • Compassion Series >
          • Surrender
          • Love Yourself
          • Be Kind with Yourself
          • To Deeply Nurture Yourself
          • Feel What You Feel
          • Self-compassion is Courageous
          • To Surrender is to Accept
        • Creative Series >
          • Go with the Flow
          • Creativity is the Greatest Form of Conception-
          • A Writer
          • Good Poetry
        • Wisdom Series >
          • Wisdom is an Experience
          • Spiritual Connection
          • Grow Your Garden
          • Life Happens
          • Creative Consciousness
          • Seek the Sensations Inside First
          • Allowing
          • Palms to Prayer-
          • Teach Other's Well
          • Sometimes... Life Steps In
          • Baby Steps
          • If You Don't Let Go and Grow-
          • It's Okay to Walk Away..
          • In Being One-
          • Opportunities
          • It's interesting...
        • Meditation Series >
          • Be the Example
          • Our Bodies Are Fluid-
          • Meditation is not just closing the eyes-
          • To Be Steady in Chaos
          • Silence
          • Awareness
          • Seeds of Light
        • Inner Strength Series >
          • Letting Go
          • Leave Your Mark
          • Trials
          • Those Who Strike-
          • Change Happens
          • Make Waves
          • Knowing Yourself
          • Courage 1
          • Courage 2
          • Strength
          • Transformation Doesn't Have to Hurt...
          • Embrace the Trials
          • Be Your Own Hero
          • Personal Power
          • Inspiration
          • Structure
      • Meditation Musings >
        • 1st Chakra >
          • Root Invocation
          • Root Chakra
          • Your Roots
          • Trust
          • Foundation
        • 2nd Chakra >
          • 2nd Chakra Invocation
          • Sacral Shaped Chakra
          • The Womb
          • Rebirth
          • Comfort
          • Care for the Soul
          • Sweetness
          • Vulnerability
          • Allowing 1
          • Allowing 2
          • Passion and Purpose
          • What Makes You a Powerful Experince
        • 3rd Chakra >
          • Stand in Your Power
          • Be Light
          • JoY!
        • 4th Chakra >
          • Heart Innvocation
          • Unstruck
          • 3 Fold Flame of Forgiveness
          • When the Heart Beats
          • The Power of Vulnerability
          • Heart Vision
          • Heartfelt Motion
        • 5th Chakra >
          • Truth
          • Listen
          • Silence
        • 6th Chakra >
          • Awareness
          • Shedding to Shift
        • 7th Chakra >
          • I AM
  • Menu of Healing Services
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      • Angel Energy Healing
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      • Raindrop Energy Technique
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      • Mindful Thoughts & Skills >
        • SELF-LOVE
        • BE GENTLE
        • SHAME: The Teacher Within
        • ABANDONMENT
        • BOUNDARIES
        • MINDFULNESS
      • Emotional Wellness Concepts >
        • WISDOM >
          • The Spirit of Divine Alignment
          • Wisdom is an Experience
          • GRACE
          • Acceptance
          • The Gifts of Forgiveness
          • Consistency
          • Defense Mechanisms
        • SELF LOVE >
          • Vulnerability is the True Strength
          • You Deserve a Day Off
          • Self-Love: A Love Language I
          • Self-Love: A Love Language II
          • Emotional Purging: The Peak Point of Healing
          • Emotional Purge Peaks & Points
          • 8 STEPS TO FLOURISH
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          • Rebuild Self-Trust: The 4 C'S
          • Self-Efficacy
          • Personal Responsibility
          • Inner Value
          • Defining Your Values
          • Boundaries
        • SACRED SELF >
          • Authenticity
        • INNER CHILD >
          • CULTIVATING INNER SAFTEY
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      • Intuitive Energy Channeled Readings
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      • Soul Readings
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​THE KNOWLEDGE OF BREATH: 101

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THE KNOWLEDGE OF BREATH: 101
DID YOU KNOW...?

Why is it called square breath?
Square breath got its name because the breathing pattern aligns perfectly with the sides of a square or box. There are four steps to the technique and four sides to a square. As a visual aid, some people imagine moving around the edge of a box as they do the breathing practice.

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Sitali breathing technique uses some very cool and interesting mouth mechanics including, the tongue and lips.
The Word Sitali has a Two-Part Meaning:

1. "SOOTHING" OR TO SOOTHE
When you sip in air on the inhale, you’ll hear a gentle wave like sound that might remind you of the ocean. The breathing pattern of Sitali breath also feels like an inner wave that ebbs and flows between inhales and exhales, offering a soothing inner sensation.

2. "COOLING" OR TO COOL
This aspect of meaning relates to the cool feeling produced when the air on the inhale moves along the upper and lower palate, also known as the (Tali) of the mouth. So, when we work with Sitali breath (the soothing sound of air) we are literally cooling and soothing our entire being.


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If your tongue tastes bitter when you practice Sitali breathing technique, it is an indication of toxicity-
Sitali breath is a cooling breath, it relaxes the whole body and all organ systems. It aids in digestion as well as detox's the body

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There are two important aspects to breath and that most of us don’t breathe correctly? The breath is both fundamental and subtle-
FUNDAMENTAL ASPECT
Is the blending of oxygen, nitrogen, and other elements that constitute air. These elements are essential for life and the feeling of vitality when we breathe deeply.
 
SUBTLE ASPECT
Is the prana or vital force that energizes the mind, body, and consciousness. It is the combination of the quantity (number of breaths per minute), quality (subtle characteristics), and circulation (movement) of the breath that creates the foundational essence of a vibrant and creative being.

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FOUR STROKE BREATH
Works to create a more effective breathing pattern. It expands lung capacity and brings fresh oxygen to the body systems thereby enhancing immune functions. It will also break up inner limitations and stagnation, energizing the body, mind and consciousness. You will gain patience, tolerance, an inner glow and grace.


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ALTERNATE NOSTRIL BREATHING
If you blocked off one nostril and checked your breathing right now then switched, you might notice that one nostril is more open than the other. The side with the greater airflow is considered the more “active” or dominant nostril, and the other is the more “passive” one. The flow of energy through Ida and Pingala is rarely equal and nostril dominance is said to alternate approximately every 90 minutes.

IDA CHANNEL
The current of energy ending in the left nostril, Ida channel, is cooling and associated with the feminine and the five senses. It is an inward, nurturing energy that refuels and replenishes. When overly dominant, left nostril energy may lead to chilliness, passivity, lack of assertiveness, and depression.
 
PINGALA CHANNEL
The current of energy ending in the right, Pingala channel, is more warming and associated with masculine energy, growth and expansion. It represents energy around the active senses; movement, communication, elimination, reproduction and manipulation. When overly dominant, right nostril energy may lead to fever, agitation, overassertiveness, and lack of concentration.

- Alternate Nostril Breathing works to balance these opposing forces and the relationship between the two channels of breath energies: warm and cool, male and female, active and receptive, rational and intuitive, contracting and relaxing, inflexible and fluid—these and other pairs of opposites comprise the archetypes that best describe.

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