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 Breathing is the exchange of gases that takes place between a person and the environment by breathing in oxygen and breathing out carbon dioxide. Qigong increases the oxygenation of the body without the need to take drugs.
According to Chinese medicine, in this exchange we do not only take oxygen but actually feed (Gong Qi = energy taken from the air) from the air, this being another way to get energy, aside from food (Gu Qi = energy taken from grains).
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There is a very close relation between mental state and breathing.
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Deep and slow breathing goes together with a state of calm and serenity. On the other hand, a state of anguish, anxiety, nervousness and stress in general go together with fast and superficial breathing.
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Therefore, it is possible to control these mind states by controlling breathing.
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Breathing must be diaphragmatic and the same way in which we fill a bottle with water: from the bottom to the upper part. When we breathe, the air must fill the bottom of our lungs first and then the upper part.
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1. Breathe deeply and let the air fill your lower abdomen completely, as if it were a balloon being inflated.
2. Continue raising your arms and feel the air going up, filling your lungs completely.
3. Next, bend down forward slowly while you exhale. Fell how your lungs and abdomen become empty and your abdomen gets in again.
4. Breathing slowly and deeply propitiates a calm and serene state of mind.
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