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BAD BREATHING CONTRIBUTES TO ILLNESS

© 2004 Michael Grant White € www.breathing.com

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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.

 

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.htm http://www.breathing.com/tips-

anxiety.htm 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

http://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 <http://www.breathing.com/> He speaks regularly to

raw foods groups around the country and at festivals in New York and

Oregon and this summer, will speak in California.