Jumi Tree Breathing Techniques can be used to reduce stress, anxiety, and fear, as well as to enhance your healing potential.
These unique conscious breathing techniques also promote Open Awareness.
The Basic Jumi Tree Breathing Technique (JTBT)
Note before starting:
- The Basic JTBT can be done seated (with an upright back) or standing (with feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent and hips tilted slightly forward).
. - The Basic JTBT involves inhaling naturally through the nose and exhaling slowly from the mouth.
. - JTBT can include any amount of breath repetitions per set, although seven breath repetitions are recommended per set when following a Jumi Sequence with a JTBT.
. - Allow your hands to rest lightly on the lower abdominal area – slightly below the navel – for the duration of the session.
. - You can actively imagine that you are a strong and flourishing tree throughout the session, or you can passively allow the metaphor of a tree to enhance your experience.
. - There are specialized versions of the JTBT used in coaching and therapy in which one’s eyes sometimes remain open, but for the Basic JTBT outlined and demonstrated below, one’s eyes should be closed at the beginning and opened again near the end (as described in Set 10).
. - Should you feel dizzy or unwell during a JTBT session, end the session by sitting down and breathing gently in your preferred way. Open your eyes and consciously connect the soles of your feet with the ground.
The Basic Jumi Tree Breathing Technique – Version 1
The background music in this video is Healing Trance-Formations
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The Basic Jumi Tree Breathing Technique – Version 2
Applying seven breath repetitions per set – desciption with video below:
Set 1 – As you inhale through your nose, imagine that you are drawing vital energy into the abdominal area (the core of the tree) where your hands rest. As you exhale from your mouth, surround your body in awareness – sensing the entire volume of space that your body (the whole tree) occupies.
Set 2 – As you inhale through your nose, imagine that you are drawing vital energy into the core of your body/tree where your hands rest. As you exhale from your mouth, imagine sending roots of awareness down from the soles of your feet into the earth. With each exhalation visualize and feel roots of awareness extending from your feet down deep into the earth. With each inhalation in this set imagine absorbing earth frequency into your body/tree.
Between sets (from this point onward), use one inhalation and exhalation to center your awareness in the core of your body/tree.
Set 3 – As you exhale from your mouth, send branches of awareness out in front of you. Visualize and feel branches of awareness extending to the front – all the way to the boundary of the space in which you are, or to the horizon in front of you.
Center your awareness in the core of your body/tree.
Set 4 – As you exhale from your mouth, send branches of awareness out to your right – all the way to the boundary of the space in which you are, or to the horizon on your right.
Center your awareness in the core of your body/tree.
Set 5 – As you exhale from your mouth, send branches of awareness out behind you – all the way to the boundary of the space in which you are, or to the horizon behind you.
Center your awareness in the core of your body/tree.
Set 6 – As you exhale from your mouth, send branches of awareness out to your left – all the way to the boundary of the space in which you are, or to the horizon on your left.
Center your awareness in the core of your body/tree.
Set 7 – As you exhale from your mouth, send your core/trunk of awareness out above you – all the way to the ceiling of the space in which you are, or into the vast sky above you. To enhance the experience, with each exhalation in this set you can imagine your core/trunk of awareness extending further and further toward your source of your ‘aliveness’ in life.
Center your awareness in the core of your body/tree.
Set 8 – As you exhale from your mouth, send your roots, trunk and branches of awareness out in all respective directions simultaneously. Sense your complete body/tree of your awareness expanding in all directions – filling the entire space in which you are or expanding infinitely beyond time and space.
Set 9 – Begin to embody your expanded state by inhaling into the core of your body/tree and exhaling throughout – sensing the entire volume of space that your whole body/tree occupies.
Set 10 – Slowly allow your eyes to open and repeat another set of inhalations into the core of your body and exhalations throughout – sensing the entire volume of space that your whole body occupies.
Finish – Breathe naturally. Release your hands from their position and allow them to connect with any part of your body intuitively or to move freely for a minute. Consciously connect the soles of your feet with the ground before engaging in your next activity.
After the JTBT session:
- JTBT may have a healing and detoxifying effect, therefore drinking plenty of water or cleansing fluids after each session is recommended.
. - It is normal to feel slightly light-headed or disorientated after a JTBT session when you are new to it. Sooner or later, sessions typically result in feeling inspired, vitalized and meaningfully connected with life!
The Basic Jumi Tree Breathing Technique – Version 2 demonstration
Jumi Tree Breathing Techniques can be profound by themselves, and when preceded by a Jumi Sequence, the effects can be very powerful.
This conscious breathing method can also be used to connect deeply with the Earth, to expand consciousness, for self-exploration, and to embody the state of open awareness.
Variations:
There are seven specific directions in which awareness can expand when using the Jumi Tree Breathing techniques. Depending on how one is positioned, i.e. sitting or standing upright, lying on the back, lying on the belly, or even while doing a headstand (for adventurous people), the characteristics and associated phenomena of each direction can vary. For example, in the Jumi basic lying down meditation the past is represented below the feet and the future above the ahead, which is different from how these characteristics are described in the upright examples on this page.
Practicing jumi promotes:
agility- healing
- confidence
- mindfulness
- core strength
- concentration
- emotion regulation
- healthy self-esteem
- mind-body awareness
- performance enhancement
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