BAD BREATHING CONTRIBUTES TO ILLNESS

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Bad breathing is a major contributor to almost ALL illness, including heart attacks, strokes, pneumonia, cancer and many nervous system disorders, warns breathing development expert Michael Grant White. For example when the breathing is not full, balanced, deep and easy, the brain may be deprived of needed oxygen and the heart must work that much harder causing it to go into spasms called heart attacks.

Try this "Squeeze and Breathe" Technique

Best: Focus on Ease
Focus on Ease, Depth, Timing and Balance of breathing. 1. EASE: Find the easiest feeling and most erect posture. Example: Stand upright, thrust your tail bone all the way forward then all the way backward. Let it come to rest in between the middle and most forward position. This makes the muscles and tendons that hold you erect less likely to restrict your easiest breathing. 2. DEPTH: Try the copyrighted "Squeeze-and-Breathe Technique©" at www.breathing.com/tips-anxiety.htmn
Place thumbs in kidney area with fingers wrapped around towards belly button. Squeeze fingers and thumbs together and breathe into space between fingers and thumbs to widen them against the force of the squeezing. Relax squeeze, allow effortless exhale and repeat as often as it feels good. 3. TIMING. Let full exhale occur naturally and do not allow inhale for as long as you can without being uncomfortable then allow the naturally much larger inhale to come in and by holding back the amount of air being released, spend three to ten times as long exhaling through the nose. Stay in your comfort zone. Repeat 5-20 times over several daily occasions or s needed for relaxation and or mental clarity.
Helpful: Go to www.breathing.com and look at the logo in the upper left. Breathe along with it. You should find yourself breathing more deeply and easily. 4. BALANCE. When the others are done properly the breathing is naturally more balanced. 5. BEWARE of teachers suggesting you should breathe in, hold, and exhale for any predetermined number count. This technique will often cause unbalanced and effortful breathing.

Michael Grant White is founder and Executive Director of Optimal Breathing. Holistic Natural Breathing Development, without drugs or surgery. Box 1551, Waynesville, North Carolina 28786. www.breathing.com n

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