| Breathing is the key ingredient in physical, emotional | | | | while 7 out of the 12 from the second group had |
| and mental health. It is a grossly underestimated | | | | repeat heart attacks.Breathing in a full and relaxed |
| source of life giving, healing and purifying energy. | | | | fashion returns the body from a destructive acidic |
| When we breathe, we take in more than just | | | | chemical state which is the breeding ground for |
| physical substances. An interaction takes place | | | | disease to a normal alkaline condition. This shift from |
| between our inner selves and the surrounding reality. | | | | operating in chronic stress to a mode of relaxed |
| It is essential, therefore, both for physical and | | | | awareness can lower the blood pressure, increase |
| psychological well-being that our breathing is optimal. | | | | circulation, detoxify the body, boost the immune |
| It unifies and integrates the body, mind and spirit.The | | | | system, reduce physical and emotional stress, and |
| average person breathes between 18,000 and 20,000 | | | | naturally increase the life force energy. Breathing to |
| breaths per day, averaging 5,000 gallons of air. 70% | | | | full capacity, promotes mental clarity, creates new |
| of the body's toxins are eliminated during the | | | | Neuro-pathways in the brain, and expands |
| breathing process with only a small percentage | | | | consciousness, as well as enhancing the cellular, |
| eliminated through perspiration, defecation and | | | | hormonal and psychological processes.Carol A. |
| urination. Only 10% of the nutrition needed by the | | | | Lampman: Holistic Therapist, Certified Breathwork |
| body comes from the food we eat while 90% | | | | Instructor, Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist, Certified |
| comes from the oxygen we breathe. We need | | | | Release Therapist with training in Hypno-Behavioral |
| oxygen to fuel our brains and metabolize our | | | | Therapy, Reichian Process Work, Integrative, |
| food.Clinical studies show the immense benefit of | | | | Cathartic, Rebirthing Breathwork, Hendricks Body |
| paying attention to how we breathe. A study done in | | | | Centered Transformation.Carol is an acknowledged |
| a Coronary Care unit at a Minneapolis hospital | | | | speaker and educator, and has presented programs, |
| examined 153 heart attack patients to determine the | | | | trainings and workshops for the public in the US, |
| breathing patterns (deep belly or tight chest | | | | France, Italy, Spain, Venezuela and Israel. She is |
| breathing) The study found that ALL of the patients | | | | moving into a more prominent role in the professional |
| were chest breathers. In Holland, two groups of | | | | community as a facilitator of personal transformation |
| heart attack patients were studied. The first group | | | | techniques. Her dynamic personality combined with |
| was taught simple Diaphragmatic breathing to | | | | her humor and deep respect for the work of the |
| counteract chest breathing. The second group was | | | | participants has allowed her to establish a strong |
| given suggestions for changes in diet and exercise | | | | foundation of support among the professional |
| only. The first group had no further heart attacks | | | | community. |