Infiniteness said:
Hi all,
I thought I was doing the pipe breathing correctly, but I re watched the the pipe breathing part of the instructional video and it seems like I am not doing it correctly. I re watched it many times, but it seems like I cant make the same noise that Laura makes when shes breathing in. Dose it have to sound the same or can it sound different?
Hi Infiniteness.
If you notice, Laura says in the video that she will exaggerate the noise so that it can be heard. But in my experience, and watching others learning pipe breathing, most often the inhalation doesn't sound as
loud as Laura makes it sound.
I said:
Sometimes it seems like I am making the correct sound, but it feels like I am putting to much energy into it to make the sound.
Do you hear even a faint hhhhh sound when you inhale? It also seems that you are more concerned about the inhalation, so i will assume that you feel that you are doing the exhalation correctly, right? If that's so, try this: while you exhale with the haaaaa sound, stop yourself, close your mouth, and start inhaling through the nose holding that same sensation you had in your throat during the haaaaa exhalation part. Try this, and let me know. Also let me know if the way i describe what to do is clear enough.
I said:
I know it sounds like a rant(sorry), but Ive gotten pretty frustrated and angry at myself because I cant get it.
First, you don't sound like you are ranting, you are asking clarification to make sure you do it correctly. That's perfectly appropriate. You do however sound frustrated, which goes against the purpose of the program, which is to relax you. Perhaps is not so much to do with the breathing, but the other frustrations that you speak about below?
I said:
Maybe I am blocking my self like the Cs said and not putting my all in to it, but I dont feel that way. Lately Ive been feeling really depressed and just seems like I'm losing it, it also seems like many other forum members are feeling this way too.
Yes, it sounds that most of us are going through rough times at the moment. I am not sure what it is, but if you watch what's going in general in the world, everybody seems to be affected by negative events, except the psychopaths who create them. For us, what's best at the moment, is to keep at doing all the things that help our bodies, minds and spirits deal with the chaos that surrounds us and sometimes is found within us too. So keep up your EE practice, and follow the diet guidelines that are highlighted in the
Diet & Health section of the forum. Remember that with will and perseverance, this too shall pass.
I hope you don't mind me sharing a joke with you i recently came across, at the
EE forum actually. It has a valid point, and it helped lighten my mood when i read it, i hope it helps you too:
A student went to his meditation teacher and said, "My meditation is horrible! I feel so distracted, or my legs ache, or I'm constantly falling asleep. It's just horrible!"
"It will pass," the teacher said matter-of-factly.
A week later, the student came back to his teacher. "My meditation is wonderful! I feel so aware, so peaceful, so alive! It's just wonderful!"
"It will pass," the teacher replied matter-of-factly.
Keep us posted of your process, Infiniteness :)