Q. I findbreathing exercises very boring is there anything I can do to make lessboring?
Have you ever used visualization when you are doing your breathing exercises, alot of people think that breathing exercises are only a manner of sitting downand concentrating as they inhale exhale, which to the outsider can seem asbeing very boring and monotonous but here’s a few things you can try out thenext time, try…
• concentrating on a particular colour on inhalation and another colour onexhalation (for example some colour you link with calmness or purity, andanother colour for stress or impurity)
• having a picture in your mind of your body and as you breathe in, think ofall the extra parts of your lungs that have been under used because of badbreathing habits.
• Taking a breath and picturing the air coming into your body from differentareas (such as the soles of the feet for example.)
It can especially seem complicated for beginners when starting out to dobreathing exercises as you can’t see the muscles that they are working on butby visualizing their lungs in action in their mind it makes it all the easierto do…and remember when you’re doing your breathing exercises you’re not reallylearning anything new but undoing all the bad habits you’ve picked up over theyears.
