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His approach is to move from numbering each breath after the outbreath to numbering each breath after the inbreath, to letting go of the numbering altogether -- abiding in stillness -- while quietly observing the different qualities of each as we proceed.
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I try to synchronize my breath and movements so that on the inbreath I am making one motion while on the outbreath I am doing the follow through.
The Zen of Swimming 2006
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(Note: the inbreath is willed, the outbreath is automatic.)
Another Roadside Attraction Robbins, Tom 1971
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My limbs were weary and stiff, for I feared to change my position, yet my nerves were worked up to the highest pitch of tension, and my hearing was so acute that I could not only hear the gentle breathing of my companions, but I could distinguish the deeper, heavier inbreath of the bulky Jones from the thin, sighing note of the bank director.
The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Egerton Castle 1889
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