42 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



self an open conduit filled with purest ozone run- 

 ning down through the center of your being. 

 Nothing but vigor can or should radiate from it. 



This exercise for Prdndyamd should never be 

 taken within two hours after eating, and is best 

 practiced before meals. Four practice-periods 

 daily are sufficient, and the most favorable hours 

 are early in the morning, the nearer sunrise the 

 better, at noon, in the gloaming, and just before 

 retiring. It is very important that regularity, 

 should be observed in practice. More rapid prog- 

 ress will be made in two regular periods (same 

 time daily) than in many irregular ones. Length 

 of count can be increased from four to six as you 

 gain power; preserving, however, the same ratio, 

 as six, twenty-four, twelve. Upon this point, 

 Hindu teaching lays emphasis. 



If you turn the thought inward, following the 

 current down, there will be no sensation of discom- 

 fort, oppression, or constriction anywhere during 

 the holding of the breath. Under this mental di- 

 rection the vital force will surge upon the desig- 

 nated center with stimulating power. The follow- 

 ing directions for concentration are to be considered 

 merely as suggestions for practice, and should be 

 varied according to personal needs. During the 

 first round, concentrate the thought upon the sac- 

 ral plexus; second round, upon the solar plexus; 

 third, between the shoulders, rather low down; 



