anart said:
RedFox said:
Does it make a difference? Very much so.
I must admit I couldn't get as deep into the meditations to start with because I found breathing out through my mouth distracting.....but after a week or two at most I was Way deeper than I'd been before.
If I remember correctly, Laura mentioned that breathing in through the nose and out through the mouth synchronises the hemespheres of the brain, where as in and out through the nose does not. Now when I do the full program, during the resting parts (between breathing exercises etc) I breath normally, but in through the nose and out through the mouth. This way I'm synchronising the hemespheres continually for the entire program with no breaks.....it can make for quite an intense program. :)
Exactly - it is very important to breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth during the meditation. It took some getting used to for me as well, but now, funnily enough, if I'm really tired and can't do the whole meditation, but just want to quickly say the POTS before I fall asleep, it's really hard to NOT breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth while I'm saying it - I start doing it automatically!
You'll get used to it, I think - because I didn't think I'd get used to it either and here I am... ;)
When I learned that the meditation was to be in through the nose and out through the mouth, I found it very uncomfortable to readjust, too, and more difficult to get into a meditative state, and had been planning in the last dew days to ask if it might be ok to do it through the nose entirely, as I'd been doing it for months before. I tried it that way a few times and found that I would end up doing it the correct way after a while--in through the nose and out through the mouth, because the old way didn't feel right, though it
is more comfortable for me. It seems that I was mentally attached to my former way of doing it, but I found that my
body has become acclimated to the recommended way though I have not been able to relax as deeply as I had in the beginning. I am now beginning to think this may be more related to my current state than the breathing and will continue as directed.
Like Redfox, I keep my mouth slightly open and change the flow of breath with my tongue.
I have certainly been TIRED for a few weeks now, often sad and more aware of my STS nature in the present and the past. While I have begun to make small steps in changing, mostly, at this time, I am simply able to
see some of these patterns more clearly. Often, this is painful, but this network keeps me going.
I have not experienced as much zoning, overall, as many of you have experienced, but I have faith that healing is occurring in due time, as is appropriate for me.
As always, despite the demands of this journey, I am grateful to be along for the ride... :)