Moving ch’i. Or, the wheels of the bus go round and round

Your dog feels the quality of your flow of energy, and during his/her canine massage, entrains with it. If your energy is positive, the dogs will be positive. If it is negative it will be the same with the dog. You can choose to have a more positive energy. Lead by example and raise the vibration of your energy flow with circular breathing.  

Before you begin the massage, before you enter into the presence of the dog, imagine an “energy ball” of positive ch’i, radiant and pulsing, over your solar plexus. Inhale it up the front of your body. Swallow and blink as it transitions from behind your eyes, back through to your brainstem. Exhale as you follow it down the front of your spine, into the curve of your coccyx. Inhale again as it leaps forward and across, to the soft center of your pubic bone. Rising with your inhalation, it pauses, and it is released, cascading with your exhalation, down your vertebrae. Pressing forward, it rises again. Safely and joyfully it flows: up, over, down, and across — around and around — strengthening, connecting, purifying, until you sense your body virtually glowing and vibrating. Feel your fire. Feel its brilliance. Exalt! Know the pure essence of your own vital life force. This is you! This is what you are made of! Develop your energy body with this workout.  

When the breath is unsteady, all is unsteady; when the breath is still; all is still. Control the breath carefully. Inhalation gives strength and a controlled body; retention gives steadiness of mind and longevity; exhalation purifies body and spirit.”— Goraksasathakam.