Peata
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I haven't been doing that as much as I did in the beginning because I'm not sure if there's a better method than what I use.
What I did was put a large brown paper bag on my head, pulling it in at the bottom of my neck to sort of seal in my own little atmosphere in the bag. I relax, breathe in through my nose and out through my mouth. I try to let my stomach rise as I breathe in and go flat as I breathe out. After maybe 2 minutes, I start to feel the effects.
Of course, I can only use this method when I'm by myself because I don't want to explain why I'm sitting with a bag over my head. What about when you use the small brown paper bags? Do you cover your mouth and nose and breathe in and out slowly?
It's just that the large paper bag allows me to breathe in and out as slow as I want since it's not sucking enough air in and out to deflate or inflate the bag with each breathe as a small paper bag would do. Also, it allows me to sit in a meditative posture since I don't have to hold the bag up.
Also, just a side note: I keep meaning to meditate more for relaxation, but I notice when I do the big paper bag breathing for a few minutes, it sort of accelerates getting me into that meditative state. I can then take off the paper bag and continue the same breathing technique. I'm sort of "fast-tracked" into the meditative state by the big paper bag breathing.
Anyone else notice this effect?
What I did was put a large brown paper bag on my head, pulling it in at the bottom of my neck to sort of seal in my own little atmosphere in the bag. I relax, breathe in through my nose and out through my mouth. I try to let my stomach rise as I breathe in and go flat as I breathe out. After maybe 2 minutes, I start to feel the effects.
Of course, I can only use this method when I'm by myself because I don't want to explain why I'm sitting with a bag over my head. What about when you use the small brown paper bags? Do you cover your mouth and nose and breathe in and out slowly?
It's just that the large paper bag allows me to breathe in and out as slow as I want since it's not sucking enough air in and out to deflate or inflate the bag with each breathe as a small paper bag would do. Also, it allows me to sit in a meditative posture since I don't have to hold the bag up.
Also, just a side note: I keep meaning to meditate more for relaxation, but I notice when I do the big paper bag breathing for a few minutes, it sort of accelerates getting me into that meditative state. I can then take off the paper bag and continue the same breathing technique. I'm sort of "fast-tracked" into the meditative state by the big paper bag breathing.
Anyone else notice this effect?