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movement will occur naturally. No effort will

be re qu ire d.

Summary

A few mi nute s of yogic brea thi ng daily can

work wonders. It will make you much less

susceptible to illness, and you will acquire more

po we r, vi ta li ty an d ca lm ne ss in you r da il y

activities. Your thin king a nd clarity of thou ght

will improve.

The deep systematic yogic breathing will

tend to retrain breathing nerve reflexes that

may hav e ceas ed to be active by lack of use. In

other words, at present you might be breath-

ing only from the chest, hardly using the

abdomen at all. Yogic breathing will start to

make you breathe abdominally, intercostallv

and clavicularly during the day, and therefore

allow you to inh ale th e full am ou nt of air that

your body requires for nourishment and good

health.

To develop the yogic breath ing as an

autom atic an d normal fun cti on of the body,

try to develop the habit of consciously brea th-

ing yogically for a few seconds or minutes. If

you feel ti red or angry , sit down, or if possibl e

lie down, and prac tise yogic brea thin g. If you

can breathe slowly then your mind will become

calm and revitalized.

Notes

1 For details on shavasana refe r to Topic 5 of this

lesson.

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