[Notice: The series are a personal effort in understanding the brain/mind and how it will apply to my life and practice of the fighting/marital arts. Any errors or omissions are mine alone and do not reflect on the sources from which I draw my thoughts and understanding. If you find any please allow me the human condition of making errors and provide me the information I need to learn, grow, and prosper.]
PNS or Parasympathetic Nervous System and the SNS or Sympathetic Nervous System are systems of the brain that keep us alive in lethal environments. We need them both and you will find in what follow that breathing keeps these two systems working in our favor.
Breathing, inhaling and exhaling fully, both energizes and relaxes. It first activates the SNS and then the PNS, back and forth, in a gentle rhythm. It gives you a feeling of centeredness and aliveness much like an athlete gets when they are in the zone. The SNS and PNS are the go and stop of the human mind/brain/body working in harmony.
PNS systems provide a baseline of ease and peacefulness while mild SNS activation causes us to experience enthusiasm, vitality, and wholesome passions. When the SNS system spikes it is to deal with demanding situations. This works in our favor when we run into situations that cause fear, etc. such as dangerous situations, etc.
When we perform mokuso with deep rhythmic breathing we create a peaceful mind and bring ourselves into a state of ease. This is how we can clear out our minds/brains of all the mess of he day and then allow for mindfulness and concentration toward our practice and training.
When danger comes at us and the brains systems start pumping the adrenaline and such into our systems then the ability to cause slowed, deep, rhythmic breathings can help us to remain in better control of our natural instinctive systems of protections allowing the training to take hold and "act!"
Bibliography:
Hanson, Rick and Mendius, Richard. The Practical Neuroscience of Buddha's Brain: Happiness, Love & Wisdom. Oakland: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2009.
My personal "Interpretive" Lens!
"One thing has always been true: That book ... or ... that person who can give me an idea or a new slant on an old idea is my friend." - Louis L'Amour
"Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider..." - Francis Bacon
"What is true today may be reevaluated as false not long after. Judgements are frequently based upon a set of "temporary" circumstances surrounding them. Conflicting ideologies can exist simultaneously. Antagonistic dualities are complementary aspects of a unified whole: are seen as mutually dependent mirror images of each other." - Nahum Stiskin
Warning, Caveat and Note: The postings on this blog are my interpretation of readings, studies and experiences therefore errors and omissions are mine and mine alone. The content surrounding the extracts of books, see bibliography on this blog site, are also mine and mine alone therefore errors and omissions are also mine and mine alone and therefore why I highly recommended one read, study, research and fact find the material for clarity. My effort here is self-clarity toward a fuller understanding of the subject matter. See the bibliography for information on the books.
Note: I will endevor to provide a bibliography and italicize any direct quotes from the materials I use for this blog. If there are mistakes, errors, and/or omissions, I take full responsibility for them as they are mine and mine alone. If you find any mistakes, errors, and/or omissions please comment and let me know along with the correct information and/or sources.
Kenpo Gokui
A person's heart is the same as Heaven and Earth while the blood circulating is similar to the Sun and Moon yet the manner of drinking and spitting is either soft or hard while a person's unbalance is the same as a weight and the body should be able to change direction at any time as the time to strike is when the opportunity presents itself and both the eyes must see all sides as the ears must listen in all directions while the mind must grasp all the tactile, olfactory and gustation data not seen on all sides and not heard in any direction
All Bottles are Truly Good
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