如意抽絲，綿綿不断
Like drawing silk from a cocoon, continuous and unending.
綿綿瓜瓞，呼吸悠悠
Like the continuous growth of spreading vines, the breath flows long, deep, and serene.
吸如抽絲，呼如吹灰
Inhale like drawing silk from a cocoon; exhale like gently blowing away ash.
Those three quotes follow the usual trend one can witness as far as breathing techniques are concerned in old practices. Still, this rule, which often makes someone not be able to see the forest for the trees, represents a tendency. Indeed, if taken too strictly, limited to such breathing, one would miss, for the least, the gulping/regurgitation and apnoea techniques. As always, this depicts an oxymoron that has already been solved in this blog.
