Breathing Lessons http://breathinglessons.net Sun, 01 Apr 2007 06:02:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Viktor Frankel What is to give light must endure burning. http://breathinglessons.net/viktor-frankel/ Meister Eckhart The bodily food we take in is changed into us, but the spiritual food we receive changes us into itself; therefore divine love is not taken into us, for that would make two things. But divine love takes us into itself, and we are one with it. http://breathinglessons.net/meister-eckhart/ Dr. Otto Warburg, President, Institute of Cell Physiology, Nobel Prize Winner Deep breathing techniques which increase oxygen to the cell are the most important factors in living a disease free and energetic life. . . . Remember. Where cells get enough oxygen, cancer will not, cannot occur http://breathinglessons.net/dr-otto-warburg-president-institute-of-cell-physiology-nobel-prize-winner/ Stephen Levine Oxygen plays a pivotal role in the proper functioning of the immune system. We can look at oxygen deficiency as the single greatest cause of all diseases. http://breathinglessons.net/stephen-levine/ Robert Fried, PhDThe Breath Connection The relationship between breathing and blood pressure has been known and understood for a long time. It boils down to this: Elevated blood pressure accompanies those bodily states where rapid shallow breathing prevails. By altering breathing to a slow diaphragmatic mode, blood pressure decreases. http://breathinglessons.net/robert-fried-phdthe-breath-connection/ Dr. Wendell Hendricks Cancer is a condition within the body where the oxidation has become so depleted that the body cells have degenerated beyond physiological control. Similarly, the true cause of allergy is lowered oxidation process within the body, causing the affected individual to be sensitive to foreign substances entering the body. Only ... http://breathinglessons.net/dr-wendell-hendricks/ Dr. Laura De Giorgio Tantric lovers consciously use techniques of circular breathing to build a strong bond of union. The simplest is that one lover inhales while the other exhales. Partners can circle and increase energy when the active partner inhales through the nose and exhales through the genitals, while the receptive, or other ... http://breathinglessons.net/dr-laura-de-giorgio-2/ Dr. Laura De Giorgio Through breathing we interact with our surroundings. The air you breathe in now was the exhalation of someone else. Matching the breathing of another, breathing in unison with another, is one of the fastest ways to create a rapport. You can change the state of another by passing his or ... http://breathinglessons.net/dr-laura-de-giorgio/ Leslie Owen Wilso Wake me up, I'm in a slump breathing: Minimum -- 3-4 short breaths plus one long. If one set doesn't work, try three sets. If you feel like you are losing energy, take in 3-4 short but deep in and out breaths. Follow these with a long cosmic breath. This ... http://breathinglessons.net/leslie-owen-wilso/ A Misconception About the DiaphragmDennis Lewis Over time, this diminished movement of the diaphragm becomes the norm for many people and the diaphragm in fact weakens and loses its ability to move through its entire potential range of motion (some five to six inches in the vertical direction), which means it often becomes incapable of moving ... http://breathinglessons.net/a-misconception-about-the-diaphragmdennis-lewis/ Breathing Lessons | Michael Sky

practicing breath

1. This site encourages "practicing breath" as a constant awareness in your life. Make a commitment to conscious intentional breathing at all times and places. Breathing, when practiced with active acceptance, dynamic relaxation, and creative intention, can become a way of feeling alive in every moment.

2. The practice consists of a series of 18 breathing exercises that will step-by-step build your breathing skills. It is recommended that you do each exercise at least three times before moving on to the next.

3. You may wish to practice breathing in a more meditative pose. At such times, take care that your back remains relatively straight (remembering that the back has natural curves). If seated, move your buttocks to the outer edge of the seat, away from the chair back, since the backs of most chairs encourage slumping. If sitting cross-legged on the floor, try placing a small pillow beneath your buttocks. If lying down, it can help to elevate the knees.

4. Touching the tip of your tongue to the roof of your mouth enhances an important inward flow of energy.

5. Chronic contracted breathing narrows the range of both inhale and exhale. If you never fully exhale, then you have no room in your lungs for a full inhale. If you never fully inhale, then the overall capacity of your respiratory system (including lungs, diaphragm, rib cage and all of the connecting muscles of the region) diminishes. You eventually become structurally unable to take a complete breath, no matter how hard you try.

6. We use the hushing breath (sssshhhh. . . .) to affect a full exhale. By "sounding out" the breath until empty, you create the space for a full, vigorous, body-initiated inhale. Continuing practice gradually expands the respiratory system toward full capacity. Both inhaling and exhaling will become longer, deeper, and slower, even as the immediate feeling of breathing ranges from quiet pleasure to tingling joy.

7. In the beginning, use the hushing breath throughout your day and as often as circumstances allow. Especially notice those people and situations that tend to inhibit your breathing. Come awake at such times, remembering breath, moving energy, and feeling acceptance. Do a few long slow hushing breaths to set the pattern of full release leading to full reception.

8. After sufficient time and practice, you will have retrained your breathing to a fuller, more feeling, and more life-enhancing pattern. You will mostly breathe in and out through your nose, in accordance with the body's design. You can always do a few hushing breaths whenever you feel yourself contracting.