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chillzATL · 04-23-2012, 07:28 AM

another winner.

Interesting to note that in his earliest books, Tohei included reverse breathing in his breathing methods, but dropped reverse breathing in reprints and in his later books. There seems to be a stigma around reverse breathing as a health concern, so I wonder if that's why or if he simply felt it wasn't important.

04-23-2012, 07:28 AM	#3
chillzATL Location: ATL Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 847 Offline	Re: Aiki, Iki, Kokyu, Heng-Ha and Aun, Part 2 - Breathing deeper... another winner. Interesting to note that in his earliest books, Tohei included reverse breathing in his breathing methods, but dropped reverse breathing in reprints and in his later books. There seems to be a stigma around reverse breathing as a health concern, so I wonder if that's why or if he simply felt it wasn't important.