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March 6

Can someone help me find a good cell phone plan

My phone plan through Fido Solutions in Canada is about 60 dollars. What cell phone company in BC has the cheapest monthly plans that includes talk, text, and data with good signal and good long distance prices because I phone the US and overseas alot and I would like to save money since I'm on limited income. Thank you! 2001:569:5262:A00:2DCB:DCD5:C14D:5BB9 (talk) 19:21, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

Circular breathing

I am trying to learn to do circular breathing. I have look at a lot of guides, however, I can’t seem to get past the first step.

You see, the first step is to breathe in and out through the nose whilst holding air in my cheeks. However, every time I try to inhale through my nose, the air from my cheeks is sucked down into my lungs. I want to know how to stop this from happening, so that I can master this technique.

At this point, I have reason to believe that my cheek muscles are unnaturally weak. How on earth do I go about strengthening them. I really do want this problem to go away. So, can you help?

Thank you, 2A00:23C5:B22E:7001:F43C:86A9:A028:1528 (talk) 23:26, 6 March 2022 (UTC)

I do not know if this is relevant to making progress towards circular breathing, but it is possible (at least for me) to voluntarily close the epiglottis and thus the passage that normally allows air in my mouth to enter the pharynx. Specifically, when I blow up my cheeks and then push them while keeping my mouth and epiglottis closed, they resist being pushed in, purely by the air pressure independent of any use of cheek muscles. In the meantime, I can keep breathing all the time through my nose.  --Lambiam 02:35, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

I don’t seem to be able to do that. I need further help 2A00:23C5:B22E:7001:F43C:86A9:A028:1528 (talk) 10:37, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

Does anyone have an answer for this post? 5.80.75.160 (talk) 22:30, 7 March 2022 (UTC)

See the article Circular breathing that includes a section about learning. Can you half-fill your mouth with water, tilt your head back and do Gargling? If asked to gargle the same water for several minutes without swallowing it, you will at some point need to close your throat to breathe air. This is the action that Lambiam describes. This and talents beyond just having strong cheek muscles are needed to join the Musicians known for circular breathing. Philvoids (talk) 10:46, 8 March 2022 (UTC)

As a trumpet player, this is related to the ti-ke-ka technique of triple tonguing. The last ka holds the back of the tongue against the back of the mouth, closing it off. Holding your toungue there, you can hold air in your mouth while breathing. So, it is a matter of using the tongue to push air out while breathing in, avoiding the sound of an interruption. 97.82.165.112 (talk) 23:01, 9 March 2022 (UTC)

I can’t seem to get my tongue back there. I’ll need more help. 2A00:23C5:B22E:7001:51C9:442A:9064:932B (talk) 20:06, 10 March 2022 (UTC)