Nine Breaths of Purification: A Cultural Introduction

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The Nine Breaths of Purification is taught in Bön contemplative traditions. Ligmincha International describes the practice through the traditional language of channels, winds, attachment, aversion, and ignorance. Those descriptions belong to a spiritual framework; this page does not present them as literal anatomy or as a way to cleanse organs, correct an energy disorder, strengthen the lungs, or treat a health condition. Lineages and teachers may explain the practice differently. Ligmincha states that the complete practice is best learned from a qualified teacher. This short public page therefore provides context, not instructions or a substitute for transmission, teaching, or supervised practice.

Use a qualified teacher or an authorized lineage resource for the hand positions, nostril sequence, visualizations, channel imagery, meanings, and completion of the traditional practice. Do not reconstruct the sequence from fragments, archived copies, or an Om Massage summary. Ligmincha's publicly linked instruction sheet is marked “Please do not copy or distribute.” Do not reproduce its text, diagrams, or sequence on the Om Massage website, in downloadable materials, or in social posts. Use Ligmincha International’s official Nine Breaths of Purification practice page instead.

If you are not learning the traditional practice and simply want a quiet pause, sit in a stable position and let several breaths come and go naturally. Do not close a nostril, hold the breath, force an exhale, or attach a required visualization. This neutral pause is not the Nine Breaths of Purification and should not be labeled as a simplified version of it.

Use even the separate ordinary pause only in a safe, stable setting. Stop if you feel dizzy, faint, short of breath, panicked, numb, painful, or distressed. This page and the neutral pause do not treat anxiety, lung problems, emotional trauma, or other medical or mental-health conditions and should not delay appropriate care.

• Ligmincha International, Nine Breaths of Purification — https://ligmincha.org/practice/

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