I plopped face-first into my bed, sighing tiredly.
The days that followed our chat in the garden had been a whirlwind of activity. True to form, my beloved had immersed himself in teaching me what he knew— which was a lot. And we sadly found out that this body of mine would not be able to practice martial arts the way he did, not even to a tenth of its intensity. So, he gave me breathing exercises instead. Although I didn’t completely understand the purpose of it until I finally got it right.
‘I can’t believe it took me a whole month to learn to breathe properly!’
It was disheartening, especially knowing that there were five other breathing techniques with their own distinct specialty.
The first one I got right was what my beloved called ‘wood breathing,’ which was supposed to enhance
