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It is actually quite easy to illustrate this sensing of ki. We have all had the experience of sitting down next to somebody and feeling his or her bad mood. The more intense the feelings, the farther out the energy seems to travel, and the easier it is to actually sense it from across the room. Positive emotions have the same effect, but instead of pushing people away they draw us to them. We all like to be around someone who is positive. If both positive and negative ki is expressed and felt, then you have to choose which you send away and which you let in.

The essence of all life is breath, and ki is closely associated with the breath. Your breathing rate and depth change with both your emotional and physical experiences. Breath is one of the few automatic systems of the body that we can take conscious control over. Fluid, relaxed breathing is necessary for the proper execution of aikido techniques. The aikido practitioner inhales as a training partner approaches, creating a breath vacuum, or emptiness, to receive the partner's ki. The aikido practitioner exhales with the execution of movements and throws. This adds a dimension of ki into the kokyu-nages, or breath throws.