hing," "Deep Breathing," "Diaphragmatic Breathing,"
etc., etc., and much good has been accomplished by the attention of
the public having been directed to the subject, and many having been
Induced to substitute it for the interior and injurious methods above
alluded to. Many "systems" of breathing have been built around Low
Breathing, and students have paid high prices to learn the new (?)
systems. But, as we have said, much good has resulted, and after all
the students who paid high prices to learn revamped old systems
undoubtedly got their money's worth if they were Induced to discard
the old methods of High Breathing and Low Breathing.

Although many Western authorities write and speak of this method as
the best known form of breathing, the Yogis know it to be but a part
of a system which they have used for centuries and which they know as
"The Complete Breath." It must be admitted, however, that one must be
acquainted with the principles of Low Breathing before he can grasp
the idea of Complete Breathing.

Let us again consider the diaphragm. What is it? We have seen that it
is the great partition muscle, which separates the chest and its
contents from the abdomen and its contents. When at rest it presents a
concave surface to the abdomen. That is, the diaphragm as viewed from
the abdomen would seem like the sky as viewed from the earth--the
interior of an arched surface. Consequently the side of the diaphragm
toward the chest organs is like a protruding rounded surface--like a
hill. When the diaphragm is brought into use the hill formation is
lowered and the diaphragm presses upon the abdominal organs and forces
out the abdomen.

In Low Breathing, the lungs are given freer play than in the methods
already mentioned, and consequently more air is inhaled. This fact has
led the majority of Western writers to speak and write of Low
Breathing (which they call Abdominal Breathing) as the highest and
best method known to science. But the Oriental Yogi has long known of
a better method, and some few Western writers have also recognized
this fact. The trouble with all methods of breathing, other than "Yogi
Complete Breathing" is that in none of these methods do the lungs
become filled with air--at the best only a portion of the lung space
is filled, even in Low Breathing. High Breathing fills only the upper
portion of the lungs. Mid Breathing fills only the middle and a
portion of the upper parts. Low Breathing fills onl