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Here’s a question I was asked on “The Dao Bums” site recently, and my response:
“Is the suffocation response something you experience while sitting?”
It’s something I experience every sitting, along with the anxiety connected with the precariousness of posture.
The precariousness for ...
Under the topic, “What is so special about the lotus?” (“The Dao Bums”), someone posted the following:
When ‘tucked in’ there is a deep release I experience in the legs, kua (pelvis), that emanates up into the abdomen and prompts a deepening of sung (relaxation) and full body release.
I second that, and I have ...
Recently I read a forum post by a piano teacher (and life coach), who said that it’s hard to leave old habits behind because of muscle memory. I agree with him that there is muscle memory involved, but at least as far as old habits in sitting, there’s also the panic of the suffocation response. Sooner or later, I begin to feel like ...