Psyfamily | June 2016
What’s hidden in our
breathing rhythm ?
“Take a long deep breath down till your
stomach and release”, felt energetic and
happy? Like when you visit some hill station
and breath with your arms open...AHH!
We’ll try to know meaning & importance
of breathing in our physical activities,
meditation, and life cycle. It is the continuous process from birth to death, without
HOUSEFLY
1 TO 4 MONTHS
HORSE
30-40 YEARS
BUTTERFLY
1-2 WEEKS
ELEPHANT
70-90 YEARS
In yogic vidhya, life span of any living and
breathing organism is calculated in terms of
–breathe cycle, not years. By looking at
pictures below, imagine the breath rhythmic
pattern and see their age life span in years.
In picture, butterfly and housefly use rapid
wing movement which requires extra energy
and air to pump. So their lifespan is less and
on other side parrot have slow wing
DOG 14-18 YEARS
RAT
2-3 YEARS
MAN
60-80 YEARS
CROCODILE
60 YEARS
any pause. Try to notice your breathing
rhythm when you’re angry, happy, laughing
loudly, fear, or during sex and a ‘millisecond’
moment before any accidental incident. All
these logics are connected to one thing i.e.
breathe rhythm. Taking breath in and
releasing air out called ‘one breathe cycle’.
JELLY FISH
1 YEAR
SQUIRREL
6-8 YEARS
OSTRICH
50 YEARS
LEECH
20 YEARS
TORTOISE
100-150 YEARS
PARROT
150 YEARS
movement as compared to flies. But have
good flying speed and due to suited
aerodynamics it can utilize his physical energy more effectively and durably, giving him
more extra years to fly around.
This same thing happen to every living organism including human, we aren’t special.
But we have one thing while others don’t—