Bone Breathing

Bone Breathing: How To Heal Your
Bone Marrow With This Taoist Practice

Theo Harrison
According to Taoist masters, Bone Breathing is a powerful technique that helps our
breath to reach our bones and cleanse the bone marrow.
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Most of us think that following a regular physical exercise schedule will help us stay healthy
and feel younger. However, regardless of how physically fit we may be on the outside, the
aging process primarily depends on the health of our internal organs like the bone marrow
that rejuvenates and nourishes our body. Now we can choose to cleanse the marrow with the
ancient Taoist practice of Bone Breathing which enables our breath to reach our bones.
Bone Breathing is a powerful technique developed by Taoist masters in China to empower

us to live up to our highest potential and access higher consciousness. Bone Breathing
allows us to absorb energy from our environment and heal ourselves internally.
What is Bone Breathing?

In our daily life, we have become so busy and inattentive that we fail to realize we need to
breathe consciously and feel it to our bones. Bone Breathing is the process when we breathe
slowly, deeply, and clearly to help it reach our bones and heal various ailments, relieve stress,
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and make us feel relaxed. In fact, a recent study published in the American Journal of
Physiology (Cell Physiology) found that the supply of oxygen to our bones greatly affects
our bone physiology and bone formation.
“Bone breathing is not only for those repairing bones… the Taoists developed these
practices for opening the human potential to its maximum. One powerful effect of bone
breathing sessions is the ability to calm the mind and arrest the current of internal talk which
goes on constantly. It also brings a profound sense of relaxation and openness that aids in
resolving muscular tension and stress.” – Healing Tao
Qi and the bone marrow

Lifeforce or Prana or Qi is the vital energy that keeps our body nourished. By channeling this
life force to various internal organs, we can develop good health and reverse the effects of
aging. Bones provide the essential structure for the human body, protect crucial organs, and
nourishes us by creating red and white blood cells. Bone Breathing utilizes breathing
techniques and brings this life force to heal the bones.
According to Taoist master and author Mantak Chia, our bones are living organs and always
breathe. As the bones are highly absorbent, it ingests oxygen, blood, and nutrition. By
absorbing energy, the bones ‘regrow’ the marrow, slows down the aging process, reverses
bone compression, and restores health. This also helps to stimulate hormonal production and
prevent osteoporosis.
“Bone Breathing or bone compression is the method of ‘Cleansing the Marrow’, or cleaning
out fat in the bone marrow so that you can direct and absorb the creative (sexual) energy
into the bone to help regrow the bone marrow.” – Mantak Chia
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How bone breathing works
The technique of bone breathing enables us to absorb significant amounts of Prana or Qi to
strengthen our mind & body and become healthier. Ancient Taoist masters believed our vital
energy diminishes as our body ages. And as a result, our bones become weaker with age.
According to the masters, bone breathing techniques can help us slow down this process
and regenerate the loss of bone marrow with regular long-term practice. They also
believed that it can rejuvenate our immune system, blood and significantly reduce stress.
We need to realize that the true essence of breathing is in a full and conscious breath. When
we are aware of our breath it revitalizes and refreshes our body. Healthy bones are developed
from healthy breathing. As the quality of our breath affects our body organs, the bone and the
marrow are also healed through our breath. The marrow, stored in the medullary cavity,
generates white and red blood cells which are crucial for our life.
By breathing fully, the bones take in oxygen and transfer it to the marrow to make cells and
cleanse the space inside the bones.
However, the primary focus of bone breathing is on our subtle breath. This is how we absorb
the universal energy through the pores of our skin. This subtle breath is then transferred to
the marrow through conscious breathing, awareness, and concentration.
How to practice bone breathing to heal bone marrow

The fundamental practice and the basic steps of bone breathing are mentioned below. Simply
follow the steps as mentioned here to begin:
1. Sit comfortably
To get started, sit in a comfortable position. Extend your arms and put them on your lap.
Open the palms of your hands, stretch open your fingers and keep them relaxed. Gently
inhale through your nose and exhale deeply towards your abdomen.
Take calm, deep breaths several times while releasing all stress and tension from your mind
with each breath. Imagine that you can subtly feel the energy present in the environment
around you.
2. Breathe consciously with your fingers

Bone breathing doesn’t only include deep breathing through your nose, it also requires that
you breathe with awareness through your fingers, hands, and arms. Start by bringing your
focus to the tip of your left index finger. As you breathe normally, allow your attention to
move gently from the tip of the finger to the base.
When you exhale through your nose, allow the energy to remain in your finger. Now bring
back your attention to the tip of your finger. Repeat this process with the following breaths.
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You will feel a sensation of warmth and heaviness developing in your fingers. Now compare
the feelings in your left-hand index finger with your right index finger. As you have not done
any bone breathing on your right index finger, you will be able to feel the difference in
sensations and realize the feelings that come with bone marrow breathing. With the index
finger on your left hand becoming warmer, keep practicing bone breathing for the rest of
your fingers on your left hand. You may choose to do them at the same time or one at a time.
Once you are done, compare the warm feeling in your left with your right hand, where you
have not practiced breathing yet. When you begin doing bone breathing for your right hand,
repeat the process you did for the left hand and focus on one finger at a time, or you can do it
simultaneously. After you’re done with both hands and feel heavy and warm in your fingers,
repeat the process again but move higher up in the arm to experience the same sensation
until you reach the shoulder.
3. Breathe with the toes, feet and legs

After you’re done with your hands, you can practice bone breathing with your legs, feet, and
toes as well. However, it is a good idea to get your shoes and socks off before you begin
bone breathing through your feet. Repeat the same process you did with your fingers and
hands by bringing your awareness to the toes, feet, ankles, and legs.
4. Breathe with your spine

Start by bringing your attention to the sacral region at the bottom of the spine and breathe
up. Move your awareness through your spine gradually moving up till you arrive at the base
of your neck. Make sure you experience the same sensation of heaviness and warmth as you
did with your arms and legs.
5. Breathe with your body

Keep practicing bone breathing by bringing your attention to the rest of the bones in your
body. When done properly, you can do bone breathing for the entire human skeleton like the
sternum, collarbone, ribs scapulae, and even your teeth. As you continue your practice, focus
on breathing with your whole body as if you are absorbing the surrounding energy.
Why practice bone breathing

Apart from strengthening your bones and healing your bone marrow, bone breathing will
improve blood flow, stimulate your immune system, improve secretion of nutrients, promote
sexual energy and increase the production of red and white blood cells.
This practice will also enable your body to deal with the issues of bone mass deficiency, lack
of energy, osteoporosis, and even stress management. Bone breathing helps to merge Qi with
the sexual energy by circulating the life force through your entire body.
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This feel-good breathing technique facilitates maximizing energy which helps you keep
moving throughout the day. It is a powerful and beneficial practice that enables you to absorb
energy in a particular area and experience warmth and energy in that specific area.
Bone breathing enables you to connect and tune in to the flow of energy in the
environment and inside your body.
Happy bone breathing!
Reference: Bone Marrow Nei Kung

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Bone Breathing: How To Heal Your

Bone Marrow With This Taoist Practice

Bone Breathing is a powerful technique developed by Taoist masters in China to empower

What is Bone Breathing?

Qi and the bone marrow

How to practice bone breathing to heal bone marrow

2. Breathe consciously with your fingers

3. Breathe with the toes, feet and legs

4. Breathe with your spine

5. Breathe with your body

Why practice bone breathing

Happy bone breathing!

Reference: Bone Marrow Nei Kung

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