CHAPTER VIII. 

 HOW TO ACQUIBE THE YOGI COMPLETE BBEATH. 



The Yogi Complete Breath is the fundamental breath 

 of the entire Yogi Science of Breath, and the stvdent must 

 fully acquaint himself with it, and master it perfectly 

 before he can hope to obtain results from the other forma 

 of breath mentioned and given in this book. He should 

 not be content with half-learning it, but should go to wor 

 in earnest until it becomes his natural method of breath- 

 ing. This will require work, time and patience, but with- 

 out these things nothing is ever accomplished. Ther fs 

 no royal road to the Science of Breath, and the student 

 must be prepared to practice and study in earnest if he 

 expect to receive results. The results obtained by a com- 

 plete mastery of the Science of Breath are great, and no 

 one who has attained them would willingly go back to 

 the old methods, and he will tell his friends that he con- 

 siders himself amply repaid for all his work. We say these 

 things now, that you may fully understand the necessity 

 and importance of mastering this fundamental method 

 of Yogi Breathing, instead of passing it by and trying 

 some of the attractive looking variations given later on i 

 this book. Again, we say to you: Start right, and rigui 

 results will follow; but neglect your foundations and your 

 entire building will topple over sooner or later. 



Perhaps the better way to teach you how to develop 

 the Yogi Complete Breath, would be to give you simple 

 directions regarding the breath itself, and then follow up 

 the same with general remarks concerning it, and then 

 later on giving exercises for developing the chest, muscles 

 and lungs which have been allowed to remain in an un- 

 developed condition by imperfect methods of breathing. 

 Right here we wish to say that this Complete Breath is 

 not a forced or abnormal thing, but on the contrary is a 

 going back to first principles a return to Nature. The 

 healthy adult savage and the healthy infant of civilization 

 bctb breathe in this manner, but civilized man has adopted 



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