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Now, still lying in bed, put your two hands over your abdomen, one higher up than the other. Close your mouth, and, as you inhale through your nostrils, send your abdomen up and out. Hold it up and out when you have finished inhaling. A second or two will be quite enough at first. Then exhale quietly, and empty your lungs well, while you draw your abdomen in; and, at the end of the drawing in, press downwards with your hands.

This is one form of diaphragmatic breathing, and it is the kind usually taught in schools, as the first Breathing exercise. It has many advantages, including its good effects on the nerves and on the endurance. But I will not speak of these advantages here. I shall speak of them in a later Lesson.

Repeat the exercise once or twice, but be sure not to strain. If it makes you at all giddy, don’t repeat it at once.