top of page

Just Breath...

4/6

Longevity Breathing Navigation

​

Fundamental Basics 

Abdominal Breathing *

Side Breathing *

Lower Back & Kidneys Breathing *

Lungs, Upper & Whole Back Breathing *

Finishing Summary & Final Audio *

​

* password required

LOWER BACK & KIDNEY

breath kidneys header2.jpg

overview

  • Your kidneys are fist-sized organs shaped like beans that are located at the middle of your back. They are under the lower part of your ribcage on the right and left sides of your spine.

  • The kidneys kickstart the circulation of energy through your organs.

  • If the kidneys are weak, they do not send the impulse through the internal organs, which affects their efficiency.

  • Kidneys are responsible not only for your sexual vitality but your whole body's vitality and liveness.

  • For example, if your kidneys become weak, you easily become depressed.

  • Kidneys are key to the breathing process. Most people don't use their kidneys when they breath because when you use your diaphragm or your chest, it does not require you to engage the kidneys. Since your don't absolutely have to do it, most people don't.

  • However if you get a very good motion moving inside your internal organs, it is the wave like action that is going to be generated from inside your organs in the back, that is going to penetrate the capsule and massage the kidney itself.

INSTRUCTION

During your session, I will demonstrate these exercises to you. At home, a partner can place their hands on you, so you can focus on inhaling air into their hands. You and your partner can switch at any time, so that you too can feel the breath under your hands, which will help you understand the concept better.

​

First we need to identify where and how the breath moves in this area. Air is pushed from the front towards the kidney's 'front' side, and from the back towards the kidney's 'back' side.

​

Try the exercises below, before listening to the guided audio.

Exercise 1 (with partner)

  • Lean over with your hands on a table or chair in front of you. Have your partner kneel down and place their hands over your kidney area, while keeping some pressure.

  • They should ask you to breath into their hands.

  • Inhale... exhale...

  • As you do so, they should see their hands moving out and in. 

  • Feeling their hands on you, should make it easier for you to locate where to send your breath.

Exercise 2 (on your own)

  • Place your hands over your lower back.

  • Now that you know how to breath into the kidney area, try to breath with the front and the sides, AND at the same time, see if you can also get the back to breath.

END GOAL

  • Eventually you are going to want to get this breathing to go all the way down to your sacrum, right down to the bottom of your tail bone, moving all the muscles in the back, because this will prove immensely beneficial for your spine and lower back.

  • Many people develop lower back problems for two very simple reasons:

    • They have kidney problems. Kidney difficulties result in lower back discomfort.

    • The lower part of the back doesn't have a lot of room to move and when this happens, it starts compressing the vertebrae until they get compressed more than the nerves can stand.

Exercise 1

thumbnail kidney1.jpg

Exercise 2

thumbnail kidney2.jpg

AUDIO EXERCISE

After reading through the above overview, try the audio exercise below...

Breath KidneyNatalie
00:00 / 05:55

Visual Cues for the Audio

thumbnail kidney3.jpg
thumbnail kidney4.jpg
thumbnail kidney5.jpg
bottom of page