The human being is made of matter but also of breath. Thanks to a mastery of breath, a surplus of life can be brought to the body, modifying its metabolism, its nature, its inertia. The human being can transfigure it, transubstantiate it, over- come a part of its heaviness. Western man has generally neglected, even forgotten this ability. Separating body and spirit, he has valorized the one, as the result of a disincarnated speech, making of the other a vehicle, necessary but cumber some, during existence said to be earthly.