Month: December 2016

WHY I AM WRITING A SERIES OF ARTICLES ABOUT POSITIVE THINKING AND CONSCIOUS BREATHING

My mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’.  They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them they didn’t understand life.  (John Lennon) Writing about the potential of conscious breathing and the ability to shift one’s thoughts to the positive makes me feel alive. It gives me great joy to write this article as 2016 is coming to a close, as a wish for the new year.As expressed in the name...

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THE THREE LEVELS OF BENEFIT OF CONSCIOUS BREATHING – PART II THE REALMS OF EMOTION

We must always change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves, otherwise, we harden. (Johann Wolfgang Goethe) Having addressed the physical benefits associated with conscious breathing, let’s turn our attention to the emotional level. Our emotions are closely linked to our body and mind. A greater amount of oxygen breathed in enables the body to relax, to give itself space; releasing tension and constriction opens the door to the emotional level, contained within the body. From my own experience and that of others who I have helped with their breathing, I have observed that a higher oxygen intake produces a broader and deeper...

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