Breath Method Suggested For New Smokers

[anotherbob]

o.k. people keep talking about this breath method, so finally thought why not try it out. Well not the biggest fan of the whole thing. Though I think it's got some great applications. The most significant application is to get new smokers a solid reference point for what it means to smoke slow and gentle and how far off their initial thoughts on slow and gentle smoker really are. Seriously that would have helped a ton in the first few months of smoking.

 

[alaskanpiper]

Discovering this certainly helped me a lot when I first started. You are correct in that once you have the baseline, you sort of modify it to meet your desires and it quickly becomes second nature.

 

[anotherbob]

I just realized it's probably good for when I am feeling highly irritated. Generally I smoke pretty close to that baseline except with new blends and when annoyed, then I smoke a little hot and a uncomfortably so when annoyed.

 

[didimauw]

Yes breath smoking has its positives, if you are patient enough. 90% of the time I'm a fast and hot smoker. I like it that way. But I do know for a fact that if I have time to kill, that breath smoking a pipe slowly, definetly brings wonderful flavors to the table.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I have posted my four paragraph explanation of breathsmoking so many times in the past, that it is about time to let these youngsters take up the cause.

 

[olkofri]

I didn't have much success with it. I always ended up inhaling some smoke. We're all different. I'm back to my old smoking method.

 

[Dusk]

It's a useful technique for clenching and works well with retrohaling. I really eased up on my draw after using it for a while as it doesn't take much to keep a pipe going.

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

same here, so far I did not have much success with it ,and moreover, when breath smoking the bowl seems to last an eternity,,

 

[trubka2]

It helped me learn to close off my throat and not hit the pipe like a ciggy. I have the best smokes when I'm not consciously thinking about the mechanics of it (and with my mouth partly open), but I still do some BMing once in a while as a kind of meditation exercise. It's effective for slowing down the heart rate and the rate of thought.

 

[Chasing Embers]

It's the only way I smoke. Even did a video if it a couple of years ago.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I always ended up inhaling some smoke.

You weren't using your breath to draw on the pipe were you?

 

[olkofri]

You weren't using your breath to draw on the pipe were you?

Nope. Just breathing as normal.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Nope. Just breathing as normal.

Okay, so your not pulling smoke from the pipe with the inhale.?

 

[olkofri]

Okay, so your not pulling smoke from the pipe with the inhale.?

Guess not. It's probably the smoke that's swirling around in the oral cavity that gets pulled back and then in through the normal respiration act.

I've gone back to MY method: breathe in air, then hold the pipe with one hand and sip as if I were sipping from a straw, making all the motions as if I were sipping an actual liquid, in order to close the epiglottis; once I've filled my mouth with smoke I take the pipe off my lips and exhale through my nose the air I had previously inhaled so as to push smoke away from the larynx. Then I swirl the smoke around my mouth with cheek-puffing motions and blow it out through my mouth. I've found that blowing it out in stages: a bit out, swirl again, puff out more, swirl the remnant and then blow it out gets me more flavour.

You can see now why I can't be a clencher.

 

[Casual]

I have only been able to use the breath method successfully outside. Inside, I end up with smoke in my eyes at some point. Outside, lunting with a full bent pipe, I can go quite a while clenched without trouble.

I’m probably doing it wrong.

 

[anotherbob]

@olkofri sounds like maybe your nasal cavity has a more open draw then the average persons. I bring that up because what works for one might not work as well for another because of a minor variation in physiology that has nearly zero effect on any other aspect. Or in other words sometimes a technique may not work for reason otherwise then incorrect application.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

When you find yourse;f getting frustrated trying something new like breathsmoking, just relax and enjoy your pipe however you prefer. Not everyone has to do it the same way.
But, if someone should want a crash course in this technique, try just sticking your pipe in your mouth and forget about it while you do something else, like yardwork or juggling or maybe playing a game. Just leave the pipe in your mouth and do not think about it, don't even worry if it goes out. Don't try to smoke. Eventually, you will be breathsmoking.

 

[anotherbob]

I’m probably doing it wrong.

always. And someone will always be waiting in the wings to tell you so....

 

[Casual]

Just leave the pipe in your mouth and do not think about it, don't even worry if it goes out. Don't try to smoke. Eventually, you will be breathsmoking.

I love this advice on breath smoking. Stick a lit pipe in your mouth and don’t smoke it.

it reminds me of Douglas Adams’ advice on how to fly: throw yourself at the ground and miss.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I love this advice on breath smoking. Stick a lit pipe in your mouth and don’t smoke it.

How did you arrive at that conclusion?