Why breathe rhythmically?
When the breath is rhythmical the brainwave and heart rhythms become more coherent. Tense thoughts and emotions create irregular, chaotic patterns. Ordered breathing rhythms create a nest to surrender to spontaneous, chaotic, unpredictable chi rhythms: Yin within the Yang, effortless effort. The body-mind can be more harmonious and more at ease when given a temporary stable structure. Discipline breeds freedom. Why practice with musical cues? Traditionally the breath has been regulated by counting the seconds of the inhalation, hold and exhalation. If one counts the mind is filled with numbers. Practicing with musical cues allows one to surrender to a full, rhythmical breath and frees one’s mind to practice the Inner Smile or contemplate our true nature. Surrendering to the breath and musical cues at the same time is like when you dance, you go with the music. When you surf you must ride the waves. The breath length is “controlled” through attention and finding more and more internal s
