Ocean Breathing

In this exercise, I make inner head sounds similar to cyclical ocean waves. Some say they resemble the sounds of light snoring. The exercise improves my ability to relax and reduces my thought intensity.

It’s tricky to control the air passage in the throat to get the right effect, so some practice is needed. When I first learned this exercise, I exhaled from my mouth as if trying to dampen a glass. I then sealed my lips and continued to exhale through the nose, tongue resting on the floor of my mouth. Finally, to get a louder sound resonating in my head, I yawned with a closed mouth.

There are versions of this exercise where the inhalation is also audible; I noticed that replacing the audible inhalations with silent ones helped me more.

The breath-hold allows indication. If I exhale slowly enough, post-breath-hold, I reach air hunger more rapidly.