Power of Breathing

he Power of breathing is the key to the easiest means to improve your life.

Learning the power of breathing can help you to:

• Become happier. 
• Boost your mental skills. 
• Eliminate tension. 
• Sleep better.

         ...all just by changing your breathing.

Change you breathing.

Change your life

For millennia, cultures across the world have known about the power of breathing. But only today have scientists been able to fully understand how changing your breathing patterns can actually change your life.

Why is the Power of Breathing Important?

Oxygen helps our bodies to live.Without it, we die.  Extremely simple.

When oxygen is limited through poor breathing, a poor environment (toxic gases, carbon dioxide poisoning) or behavior like smoking, the body may  experience:

• Shortness of breath
• Rapid breathing
• Confusion
• Visual changes
• Feeling euphoric or drugged
• Headache
• Dizziness, lightheadedness 
• Fainting spells
• Lack of coordination
• Rapid heart rate or elevated blood pressure
• A bluish tint to the lips, earlobes, and/or nail beds 

Low oxygen in the blood is known as hypoxemia. There are two conditions of hypoxia - chronic or long term or acute which is short term or occurring suddenly. The latter may require emergency treatment. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease or COPD is a chronic condition for several deteriorating lung conditions. It seems that people do not consider the above as crucial for concernnas much as COPD, when they are suffering.  

Do you experience any off these symptoms or  feel it is time for a change? 

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The Power of Breathing can help you to:

Imagine breathing differently for just a few minutes each day - and enjoying truly awesome results:

• Increase your brain power and focus 
• Enjoy greater relaxation and stress-relief  
• Seriously improve your immune system. 
• Become happier and enhance your moods 
• Turbo-charge your memory, creativity, energy 
• and more!

Deep breathing allows you to bring up endorphins, your natural painkillers. Deep breathing helps bring you into a meditative state where you can direct your natural painkillers to work. Deep breathing brings relaxation to meditate and work on your manifestations.

These life-enhancing benefits are YOURS - when you discover how to breathe properly.

• Natural painkiller

When you deep breathe, the body releases endorphins, which are the feel good hormones and a natural pain killer created by the body itself.

• Improves blood flow

When we take deep breaths, the upward and downward movement of the diaphragm helps remove the toxins from the body promoting better blood flow.

• Increases energy level

Due to increased blood flow, we get more oxygen into our blood. Increased oxygen results in increased energy levels.

• Improves posture

Believe it or not, bad posture is related to incorrect breathing. If you don't believe, try it yourself. Try to breathe deeply and notice how your body starts to straighten up during the process. When you fill your lungs with air, this automatically encourages you to straighten up your spine.

• Reduces inflammation

A lot is said that diseases like cancer only thrive in bodies that are acidic in nature. Deep breathing is said to reduce the acidity in your body, thereby making it alkaline. Stress also increases acidity level in the body. Breathing also reduces stress and thus the acidity.

• It detoxifies the body

Carbon dioxide is a natural toxic waste that comes out from our body only through breathing. But when our lungs are compromised by shallow breathing the other detoxification system starts working harder to expel this waste. This can make our body weaker and lead to illness.

• Stimulates lymphatic system

As our breathing is what moves the lymph, shallow breathing can lead to a sluggish lymphatic system which will not detoxify properly. Deep breathing will help you get the lymph flowing properly so that your body can work more efficiently.

• Improves digestion

Breathing Improves Quality of the Blood Deep breathing removes all the carbon-dioxide and increases oxygen in the blood and thus increases blood quality.  Breathing deep supplies more oxygen to all our body parts including our digestive system, thus making it work more efficiently. The increased blood flow due to deep breathing also encourages intestinal action which further improves your overall digestion. In addition, deep breathing results in a calmer nervous system, which in turn also enhances optimal digestion.

• Breathing relaxes mind and body

When you are angry, tensed or scared, your muscles are tightened and your breathing becomes shallow.
Your breathing constricts. At this time your body is not getting the amount of oxygen it requires. Long deep breathing reverses this process, allowing your body (and mind) to become calmer. (1)

How to Breathe Deeply

There are several methods for breathing used in practices like yoga and transcendental meditation. Silva Mind Control Method uses deep, slow breathing to bring practitioners to the alpha and theta states. Jose Silva developed the Long Relax to release all tension in the body and mind.

Diaphragmatic or Abdominal Breathing

This is carried on by the action of the diaphragm, the muscle which is the partition between chest and abdomen. Considered by itself, it has an enormous advantage over the other two, for by this means the lungs are inflated, not only where they are largest in size, but where they are most easily moved. The thorax or chest is a box formed by the spinal column behind, the ribs and sternum or breast-bone in front and on the sides, and the diaphragm underneath. The seven upper pairs of ribs are fastened to the breast bone as well as to the spine, while the lower ones, the floating ribs, being not so tethered, are capable of more easy expansion. Thus the lower ribs can be expanded and contracted to the greatest possible extent for a long time, without incurring the fatigue that is bound to follow forcible distension of the upper portion of the ribs.

In addition to this, the diaphragm can work so easily and smoothly, for there is no bony framework to lift, that the exercise, when properly done, strengthens it from day to day, while the abundant flow of fresh air drawn into the lungs exhilarates the whole system. This easy and natural action of the diaphragm is much impeded by indulging in too heavy a meal, while the proud possessor of a corpulent stomach will find the diaphragm unable to do its work. This eventually induces insufficient oxygenation of the tissues, with the natural result of accumulation of carbon in the shape of fatty deposits. How cunning Nature is in her simplicity! Nature loves form even more than woman does, and has taken the severest precautions against encouraging shapes that contravene her laws. Good breathing power ensures good organic form, and good organic form necessitates good breathing power. (2)

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Full, Deep Breathing

This is the combination and perfect application of the three modes of breathing separately denominated as Clavicular, Intercostal, and Diaphragmatic. If we describe the Clavicular as inflating the top part of the lungs ; the Intercostal, the middle part ; and the Diaphragmatic, the lower part, we could describe full, deep Breathing as inflating the whole of the lungs from bottom to top. Considering the importance of complete
purification of the venous blood by interchange with fresh air in the lungs, it is hardly necessary to point out that every little air-cell has its own work to do in the general work of oxygenation, and that if it is not allowed
to do its share, the general effect—which is the result of the sum of the individual air cells — must be proportionately deficient. Once the principle is fully realised that the lung as a whole is the sum in addition of the number of the tiny air cells, each of which is confronted with a minute capillary vessel containing the
blood to be purified ; —and the conclusion is easily reached that in the full breathing of the developed chest, the whole lung must be called into play, not by spasmodic efforts at occasional intervals, but naturally and habitually without conscious effort. This, of course, implies steady growth of lung power and chest
capacity, and is not possible at first.

In order to develop the chest for the full breath, it is necessary to carry out certain simple physical exercises,* which help to promote flexibility of the trunk. In some cases, it is also necessary to apply special
treatment to the nape of the neck and the shoulder-blades to loosen their rigidity, and allow free play to lungs and chest. The full breath can be carried out standing, sitting, or lying down. At first it should be practised only for two or three minutes at a time, and only at intervals during the day.

After a certain time, its practice becomes habitual and automatic, with incalculable benefit to body and mind. Inhaling quietly through the nostrils, fill the lower part of the lungs by expanding the diaphragm downwards and outwards (if you place the hand over the stomach you can feel the outward expansion) ; then fill the middle part by expansion of the chest and lower ribs, gradually extending the movement till it reaches the collar-bone, without elevating the shoulders. Retain the breath a few seconds, then slowly exhale as follows; gently contract the diaphragm, that is, draw in the stomach and abdomen, the motion being inwards and upwards, as opposed to outwards and downwards in inspiration ; then the lower and upper chest till the expiration is fairly complete. The important thing at first is not to overdo it. Beware of strain. The lungs and chest have to be gradually trained in order to become permanently strong. It is far better to attempt too little than too much. With practice the full breath can be carried on smoothly and continuously, from bottom to top of lung, without break or jerk. Then the whole organism will gradually feel the invigorating effect of the rhythm of the full breath, which imparts tone to brain, nerve, muscle, bone, and blood in the way Nature alone intended to produce a strong race of men and women. (3)

The Power of Breathing and Life

The two activities of the in-breath and out-breath are elucidated as follows by the Maha Chohan ("Bulletin". Vol. 5, #23)

"There are two main activities of life - the in-breath and the out-breath in the two activities of breathing you have the magnetization of the gifts and powers of the Presence through the in-breath, and the radiation of Its Love, Wisdom, and Power through the out-breath. This is the same activity that takes place at Cosmic Levels with regard to Suns, Planets, Systems, and Galaxies - all operate on the rhythmic.motion of the in-breath and the out-breath.

At the beginning of a "Cosmic Day", before a new Universe comes into being, the Central Sun in charge of the System breathe out the lesser Suns that are to assist It i the evolution of Its System. This it does in a perpendicular motion something like dinner plates piled one on top of another, only, of course, in this Cosmic picture there is tremendous distance between the Suns mentioned - - - . Now, these lesser Suns, in turn breathe out the Planets which will make up the Galaxy, in a horizontal motion. At the end of the Cosmic Day, the Great Central Sun notifies the lesser Sun that it is time for the in-breathing of their Planets, in preparation for the time when It the Great Central Sun - will again absorb the entire System back into Itself, after the lesser suns with Their Planets have evolved into the full perfection of Itself- - - ,

In the obedience of the fiat of the Great Central Sun, each of the lesser Suns of the System begins the great Cosmic in-breath, drawing the Planets of Its Galaxy closer to Itself, until one by one they are absorbed into the Sun which breathed them forth - - -. Of course, all this takes time, and this is just the briefest sketch of what is taking place, at Cosmic levels, at the present time. At the end of the Cosmic Day, the Great Central Sun will have breathed into Itself all of the Suns which it projected forth and the lesser Suns, in turn, will have breathed into themselves all the Planets which They are responsible for, with all the life upon Them, expressing the full protection for which They created "in the beginning". In occult circles this entire activity is known as a Day and Night of Brahm---" (and it is said to last 840 millions of human years. "Cosmic Fire", p.40) (4)

Footnotes

1.Advantages of Deep Breathing Exercises  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/fitness/advantages-of-deep-breathing-exercises/articleshow/19213960.cms

2. Lovell, Arthur Deep Breathing, Second Ed., London, UK , 1908,  p. 96-97

3. Ditto, p.97-100 
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4. Papastavro, Tellis, The Gnosis and the Law, Group Avatar, 3rd Printing, 1972, p.25-26

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