Detox – Breathe away the toxin (note 1 of 6)

[David Ashanti]

Two of the ancient civilization, Indian and Chinese have their medical knowledge deeply entwined with the breathing therapy; The Indian had the practice of Yoga and the Chinese had Tai Chi.
The two healing modalities have a lot in common; both involve slow movement of the body, meditation, and deep breathing technique. Although both survived to modern days, many practitioners have modified and invented a new faster, aggressive and sweaty version to cater for the younger followers whose does not have patience for the old ways. In a way, people have to take care of their business and give the customers what they want.
Scientifically, the human cells that formed the lining of the lungs have unique feature compared to other parts of the body. It utilizes the air we breathe, take the oxygen into the blood stream and exchange that with the carbon dioxide and other toxic gases excreted by our bodies. This important process is responsible for 90% of our body’s total metabolism. It helps lymphatic flow and that in turn helps in toxin elimination, alkaline our cells with oxygen and regulates blood sugar. In fact, when you take 20 slow, deep breaths, your lips will turn pink and body temperature will be slightly raised.
In a 2005 review and analysis of several studies, Richard Brown, MD and Patricia Gerbarg, MD reported that yogic deep-breathing techniques were extremely effective in handling depression, anxiety, and stress-related disorders.
Whenever you are stressed, your body tends to burn glycogen, not fat, and through triggering the relaxation response, deep breathing encourages your body to burn fat instead.

[Melody]

There is a fantastic tool out there for use by anyone who will look at it.
Deepak Chopra is a great part of it.
There are three programs that come with a built in bio-feedback program in them that are fun ways to learn proper breathing methods for health and healing of body and mind.
One is called "Healing Rhythms" and is a program you use on your computer.
You are taken through various healing breathing meditations with various instructors such as Dean Ornish, Andrew Weil, Nawang kechog and various others.
You attach sensors to your fingers and it picks up your heart rate and breathing patterns.
You can then watch it unfold on your screne.
There are all kinds of breathing exercises and then you can move on to a beautiful animated visual game you try to play using your breath.
You can then move on to another program called "Journey to Wild Divine".
This takes you further into a realm of beauty and all kinds of challenges for your breathing and state of mind.
It helps to tame the monkey mind.
After this you can move on to "Wisdom Quest".
I highly recommend these as tools for breathing techniques and a way, through the bio feedback, to monitor your progress in a fun and relaxing way!

[Isabel Cuerrier]

Hi Melody,
Where does one get these tools. Once again, thanks for your great info.
Love and (((hugs))),
Isabel.