My doctor tells me to not intend to do so. My lungs concur.
Same. I’m glad it’s helpful for others, but I feel like it doesn’t help me relax, because I’m too preoccupied about breathing in a way that’s not very natural to me.
I always recommend the method to new smokers. For one reason to show them how little effort is required to smoke a pipe. And give a baseline of how the smoke can feel and taste. How you just need to give a little assistance to the smoke to keep the ember going and that's it.
I concur. It's amazing how, when one slows down their smoking cadence, the true flavors of the tobacco are allowed to come through. A lot of people find Haunted Bookshop to be ashy or cigarette-ish because they smoke it too hot and too quickly. The flavor is wonderful when smoked slowly.
It's certainly not the best idea. I always try to avoid it when smoking a pipe, and for that matter, breathing the secondhand smoke or exposing others to it. It's not hard to mitigate the risk factors without compromising one's enjoyment of pipes and tobacco.
Indeed. I use the Breathe Method when I get some gurgling from moisture build up. I hardly ever run a pipe cleaner through the stem with that method it works that good.
I suppose you could use it to regulate cadence. I primarily use it when my pipe gurgles due to moisture at the bottom of the bowl. Sometimes I’ll use the method to regulate the ember from burning too hot or keep it from going out.
Correct, the breathing is a metronome for drawing. You don't actually use the inhale to draw.
Boy, you got that right. This method is so pleasant and tasty that there is a greater temptation to do so.
