The major hurdle is mental, not mechanical, and the most essential requirement in performing the entire is to keep calm and keep your mind on what you’re doingby Parker on TwosThe major hurdle is mental, not mechanical, and the most essential requirement in performing the entire is to keep calm and keep your mind on what you’re doingOwing to laziness, ignorance, smoking, pollution, constipation and other factors, adults these days invariably become shallow chest breathers, rather than the deep abdominal breathers we were meant to beStand like a pine, sit like a bell, lie like a bow, and walk like the windThe mind is a slippery little devil with a very short attention span and a song penchant for drifting aimlessly in ever-shifting seas of thought snd fantasyMind is the leader of energy. Where your mind goes, energy followsKeep spins erect but not rigid at all times. Cramped or stooped spines block energy along the spinal channels, thus preventing free flow of energy from the sacrum up to the head. It’s especially important to keep the back of the neck stretched, for that’s where the energy enters the brain from the lower centersCommence a slow inhalation through flared nostrils, drawing air deep down into the bottom of your lungs by expanding the diaphragm downward and letting the abdomen balloon. When the lower lungs are full, continue inhaling smoothly and let the ribcage expand to fill the mid lungs, then inhale a bit more to fill the top.About 2/3s full is the right messer of inhalation