Notebooks of Paul Brunton



Chuang Tzu also said that the pure men of old drew breath from their innermost depths, whereas the vulgar, only from their throats. We might say, this is equivalent to breathing from the point of the hara: a slow, deep breathing from behind the diaphragm.


-- Notebooks Category 5: The Body > Chapter 6: Breathing Exercises > # 13






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