Piko-piko breathing is used in the Hawaiian healing tradition, taught at the recent Hawaii Health Getaway I attended. Imagine breathing in from the crown of your head and breathe out with your attention on your navel. Make these deep breaths, moving your belly up and down (deep abdominal breathing oxygenates and relaxes your whole body). In a variation I love, breathe in healing energy from the sky above and send any heavy energy with your breath out your feet to the center of the earth. You’ll be moving healing energy through the body, energizing your chakras and unblocking tension so your body can move into balance.
This is a perfect breathing exercise that takes less than a minute, can be done anytime, anywhere you need to relax, and is especially perfect before sitting down to meditate. Namaste!