Streamings - a calming, refreshing breathing exercise
This simple, traditional exercise from India and Asia really relaxes. After doing it, you'll feel a gentle tingling all over for a few minutes (teachers of breathing exercises call this 'Streamings'). It really is wonderfully relaxing and refreshing.

Just try our simple exercise. Its so easy.

The Respire Exercise:
At Rest
Don't eat or drink for 2 hours.
Knees up, head as low as your back.
Loose or stretch clothes will let you expand both chest and tummy.
Now you're ready. . .
Step 1
Inhale with nose only, mouth closed.
First use just half of your inhale breath so just your tummy rises, your ribs don't rise.
Don't exhale yet, and. . .
Step 2

As your tummy stays up, use the remaining half of the inhale breath so now your ribs also rise. A good, full inhale (but no straining). Now. . .
Step 3
Exhale completely with your mouth open wide (but don't strain). Make a 'smile' face with upper and lower teeth showing, and make the exhale sound like a breathy 'Haahhh', like it's more up in the roof of your mouth than down in your throat. (But no vocalizing: don't 'Say Ahh', like at the doctor's office. The exhale is purely just breathiness, no talking sounds at all). If you have audio, try to imitate the exhale sound. The more you exhale this way, the stronger the effects will be!


A few extra hints:

  • 5 minutes minimum, 20 minutes maximum.
  • Someone right there with you, looking at you, maybe holding your hand, anything encouraging, always helps in completing the entire time you want.
  • When you finish, try to keep any movements small, and try to avoid yawning, talking, and stretching.
Then, Just Enjoy!
. . . and let yourself discover the wonder of the streamings.
Exercise Animation

"Patrick invited me as a guest breathing expert to provide some of the essential activities we teach at our institute (contact us at http://www.hendricks.com) These activities are drawn from my book, CONSCIOUS BREATHING (published by Bantam) and have been taught to more than one hundred thousand people during the past twenty years. I hope you find the information and instructions useful. More information can be found in our internet breathing course at http://www.hendricksuniversity.com"
My best to you, Gay Hendricks, Ph.D.

Click here for quotes from "CONSCIOUS BREATHING". (They are not meant to specifically refer to the exercise on this page).

Click the links below to see the procedure in these languages
Korean Japanese Russian Chinese Spanish Portuguese Italian Hungarian German Croatian

Contact Streaming.org at:
P.O.B 17013 St. Petersburg, FL 33733 USA
Web Hosting By Hosting2020 a vexcom web design company