hallo your ladyship
i remember your idea on the relationship between oneness and emptiness (Buddhist forum recently) - which i always liked for its attempt at simplicity.
And i like this post cos it's an experience.
I'm sure there's lots of people and books who can tell you about pranayama techniques - when holding breath i often swallow .. i breathe in then swallow, ...
But these days for me breathing is all to do with smelling ... my role models are hedgehogs and dogs - i think they would consider breathing without smelling to be a complete waste of time - smelling is the active ingredient of breathing.
If you just want to empathise with a hedgehog, then please do, however i am writing about this on
https://howtobenow.online ... and the taste /smells part is at present (in a state of flux so no guarantees) about 2/3rds the way down the index page ... (and if you do go there please start at the beginning because thats the only good way to start!).
and keep it simple