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Old 02-19-2011, 09:49 PM   #33
Mike Sigman
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Re: Breathing Practices

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Oisin Bourke wrote: View Post
Mike, what's your opinion on using the breath for conditioning while in seiza compared to other postures?
There's a valid use of seiza and sitting for breathing techniques, but usually when someone is doing seiza or sitting, they're indicating that they're adding a deliberate mind-calming aspect to the breathing aspect. The point is that the CNS gets something from the mind-calming aspect. Seiza and sitting are usually "for health".

You can add mind-calming to a standing breathing technique.... that's generally considered to be a "for health" practice, too. If I had a personal choice, I'd always prefer the standing version because you also work the legs that way.

If you do a more purely "for martial" version, you're using prolonged 'intent' and that's not the same thing as mind-calming (obviously), but there is focus in both of them, intent or mind-calming.

FWIW

Mike Sigman
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