breathe

this is my first post, about breathing... some hours ago i found a document in my computer (probably from an ex-girlfriend..) about holotropic breathwork... just 4 pages long it seemed not really reliable. I wondered if just to breathe would solve whatever problems anyone could have...This holotropic breathwork is described as breathing intensely until reaching a "non-ordinary state of consciousness" and i mean that sounds pretty cool... so i tried it. This new state of consciousness would unveil whatever you are not able to find "inside" of you. I thought of the Eames powers of ten... air was my fuel and i was using it as some kind of nitro by pumping it at a really fast rhythm, with my body on my back, eyes closed... all that energy had to go somewhere, so my muscles started to tense, making my eyes (right now i can only see properly with one because of a cornea cut) to form images in my eyelids. As if i was in some kind of high, i was not thinking on what my body was doing suddenly I noticed how my arms were in a strange position, as if i was lifting weights over my chest, my head started to tremble and i got kind of scared, kind of excited.
I did not find anything that would totally solve my life, as the text i found says, though i felt really energized afterwards, not really worried about what just happened i felt alright. I just had to breathe, maybe we should start there... or even before that. Life grows in all directions.. right?

Wed, Dec 19, 2007  Permanent link
Categories: human consciousness, experiences,