Take a deep breath, expanding your belly. Pause. Exhale slowly to the count of five. Repeat four times. Congratulations. You’ve just calmed your nervous system. Controlled breathing, like what you just practiced, has been shown to Read More …
The body is made up of a number of layers of energies. The Upanishads, which are the religious and philosophical texts, were the first to explore the concept of the three part body called the Shariras. These house Read More …
Meditation and mindfulness are taking the western world by storm. There are now so many variations of both disciplines that even when these terms are used, we are not necessarily talking about the same things. In essence, mindfulness is Read More …
It has been calculated that the average person breathes in and out up to 23,000 times per day, but most of us do so inefficiently, taking short, shallow chest breaths while subconsciously contracting our abdomens. Even though we’re all born Read More …
Listen, breathe and give thanks… Also see: Changing the way you think and Breathing for Life
Breathing is the single most underestimated self-help intervention, which is quite tragic really because without breathing we would literally die in minutes and yet we continue to take it for granted. Something that is so vital to life and our existence that Read More …
Breathing is one of the many things we take for granted and yet it holds so many of the secrets to optimum health. For thousands of years the teachers of yoga and those who have tried to master the mind Read More …
Principles of Breathwork is an introduction to the basics of breath and breathing therapy. It clearly explains how an understanding of breathing techniques can be applied to a number of therapeutic treatments for mind and body. When we breathe freely Read More …
This short but beautiful journey will remind you of probably the thing we most take for granted… breathing. If we would just find a few moments each day to breathe with awareness, gratitude and appreciation, we could overturn so many Read More …
