For the physical breath:
- natural versus forceful
- full versus incomplete
- fluent versus hindered
- open versus locked
- harmonious versus incongruent
- in coherence with the present moment activity and situation versus unadapted
In terms of Presence we invite a gradually increasing awareness of and a mastery over the subtle aspects of breath:
- develop sensitivity for life force
- advance perceptiveness to ever deepening levels of subtleness (1-2-3-4-5-6-7)
- develop a certain mastery in the subtle breath
Full versus incomplete
The complete breathing capacity combines the following three breaths into a whole in a natural, rhythmic movement:
- the diaphragmatic breathing (also called abdominal breathing or abdominal breathing),
- the flank respiration (also called costal breathing or breast breathing),
- the clavicle breathing (also called clavicular breathing or high breathing).