I am not here asking a question to which I require an answer, but am interested in people shareing personal experiences from practicing pore breathing. In my own case I am finding that my breathing gets very slow, maybe two or one breaths per minute. On the inbreath while sucking in the vital energy I'm finding that it (the vital energy) seems to gravitate to a position around the navel, and accumulates to form quite a large ball of what feels like liquid quicksilver and which feels very cold and refreshing. The slower the breathing the more the accumulation, and the ball becomes particularly intense during the gap between inbreaths and outbreaths. While breathing out, this cool energy automatically (and at what seems like the speed of light) moves up to the brain cavity and fills the whole of the inside of the head and an inch or so outside of the head. I'm also aware that this energy seems to flow out of the eyes, but only if the eyes are open ( I think). It seems that if the eyes are not being used for looking that these orifices have their gates closed. I'm also finding that after a few minutes of pore breathing I can guide the vital energy down to the base chakra then up the spine to the top of the head then back down to the navel. I'm interested to hear how others experience the pore breathing, and also the exercises accumulating the elements. with all good wishes Zach [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]