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When you breathe in a shallow manner the energy already present in your body, be it
positive or negative, remains. In fact, it can actually be built up or intensified to some
degree. For this reason, taking short shallow breaths is not an effective way of
releasing negativity. Instead we must focus on deeper breathing in order to accomplish
this task.

When breathing deep, we typically take longer slower breaths than we do when we are
breathing regularly. The worksheet following this chapter will guide you towards
more effective breathing, step-by–step. In order to get the maximum effectiveness
from our exercises it is essential that each of us is breathing suitably.

Controlling your breathing to suit specific situations is an easy habit to master. Here’s
what you do:

First: Inhale through your nose while counting to four slowly.
Next: Hold in that breath for about one second.
Then: Exhale through your mouth while counting slowly to four,
Again.
Now: Push out one last breath of air. Blow it out your mouth from your solar
plexus.

Repeat the preceding process several times until the desired effect has been achieved.
Be sure to exhale fully as this allows you to completely expel any negativity you may
have been holding on to. You should feel your body gradually becoming less tense
and slowly getting more relaxed.

Any time you feel the least bit anxious, or stressed out, use the steps outlined above
and on the worksheet to release any negativity you are carrying, thereby relaxing your
entire body.

Proper breathing techniques are fundamental during visualisation as well as many of
the other exercises we attempt in this workbook.
If we are not using the breathing technique best suited to our specific exercise, there is
a possibility of these exercises not producing the desired effects. This is because our
bodies may be refusing to let go of one last little bit of negativity.

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