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Re: Breathing

Author: YT
Date: 2018-09-02 14:48

Paul Aviles:
"As you chug along playing and taking breaths, I would recommend just breathing through your mouth. That is the best way to get air in efficiently and quickly.

Also, for me, I recommend that any inhale must start by exhaling what air you have left."

I agree very much on the part with the exhale, but definitely not with breathing just through the mouth. When breathing exclusively through the mouth, the body gets stressed instantly as the body normally only breathes exclusively through the mouth in stressful situations (e.g. running away from dangerous animals, an example from the evolution). Breathing exclusively through the mouth is not only stressful but also fatiguing. So I practised to breath either only through the nose, or, when I don't have time to do so, breath though nose and mouth simultaneously.
Paul Aviles wrote:

> I would say that there should be NO straining associated with
> breathing at all. If you are experiencing pain, don't do
> whatever you are doing to cause that pain.
>
>
> I may have referred to "engaging abdominal muscles" in the
> past but that is only to say that you should actively push air
> out. Exhaling must be done "actively." But NEVER to the point
> of pain or discomfort.
>
>
>
> ............Paul Aviles.
>

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