Breathing Techniques

Many medical studies demonstrate the benefits of yoga, however social sciences focus more rarely on the links between yoga and well-being. Starting from an anthropological approach, this article presents a study that connects the subjective discourses of yoga practitioners with the objective data on well-being (through heart and respiratory rates). Save for the presentation of this experimentation, the discussion will allow us to discover the contribution of each approach, but also to emphasize the variations according the level and the type of received with practitioners having learnt the same breathing technique.

Did you know the most dominant apes and monkeys are usually the kindest? They share the most food, groom others more often, break up fights, are slow to anger, and breathe in a relaxed manner. Those on the bottom of the social hierarchy are the opposite. They are stingy, combative, irritable, anxious, depressed, and they breathe shallowly. It is not easy for a submissive primate to become dominant. They have mindsets, mannerisms, and muscle tension that keep them from escaping their subordinate social strategy and the chronic stress it produces.

All of this generalizes to people. If you want to be free of negative emotion, you need to rehabilitate physical trauma in your breath, eyes, face, voice, heart, gut, spine, and brain. Program Peace will coach you to do precisely this by first retraining your breathing pattern, and then walking you through dozens of innovative and effective self-care exercises. After creating new mindsets and mannerisms, and learning to reinvigorate muscles you never knew you had, you will find yourself more confident, healthier, kinder, and reprogrammed for peace.

東洋の修行法において、呼吸は極めて重要な位置を占めている。インド思想では、調気法prANAyAmaが成立する以前より、呼吸は生命の象徴としてとらえれ、ウパニシャッドでそれが成立して以降は、ヨーガや仏教において、心の働きを鎮め、解脱に導くものとして、多様に実践されてきた。
　中国の老荘思想でも、その意味こそ異なれど、健康を築く養生法としてさまざまに実践されてきた。我々日本人は、仏教だけでなく、大陸の文化、特に道教の思想的影響を強く受けている。そもそも、何気なく使っている「呼吸」という語そのものが『荘子』に由来するといわれている。
　また、呼吸のあり方を考えた場合、その属性について、胸式によるものか腹式によるものか（胸息－腹息）、腹息時の入息の際に腹部が膨らむか凹むか（順息－逆息）、出息の際に長いか短いか（長息－短息）、呼吸量が多いか少ないか（深息－浅息）、入息、出息それぞれを鼻孔を経て行うか口を経て行うか（鼻息－口息）、呼吸のテンポが速いか遅いか（速息－遅息）など、様々な要素を含んでいる(2)。
　本稿は、こうした基本的かつ重要な項目について、いくつかの思想、文化で重視されてきた呼吸に関わる実践(調気法や呼吸法等)について、統合的にまとめてみた覚え書きである。尚、インド・仏教思想と老荘思想では用語の概念に違いがあるため、一般的意味での息を表す場合は呼吸(呼吸法)とし、『荘子』にかかわるような道教的な養生法を表す場合には「呼吸」(「呼吸法」)、インド精神史におけるヨーガの行法のひとつとして表す場合は、調気法と記して区分することとする。

Breathing and politics are not usually considered relevant to one another. Is it therefore possible to engage with breathing as a force of social justice? What kinds of atmospheres can corpomaterial dynamics of breathing help envision for the possibility for individuals and social groups to live breathable lives?

It is my aspiration here to argue that politics can take place not only in terms of governance, social movements, identity politics, and biopolitics but also in terms of quotidian bodily actions—such as breathing. By working with breath as a force that is common to all living and breathing (in this chapter, human) beings yet differential in its enactments, I propose a rethinking of politics in which corpomaterial actions matter—politics not based on universalizing, homogenizing, or essentializing understandings of embodiment or subjectivity but conceptualized and enacted intersectionally in their specific situatedness and dispersal in the individual and structural dynamics of power relations. This chapter of the volume, therefore, explores the possibility of such politics in relation to the quotidian practices of breathing.

It is well-established that the Jesus prayer basically takes form in early monasticism. Just a few scholars have very briefly suggested a possible connection with late antique philosophy. This article examines the early development of the Jesus prayer in the Collationes by John Cassian, the Gnostic chaptersby Diadochus of Photike andThe Ladder of Divine Ascentby John Climacus, over against two well-known practices in late antique philosophy: meletē or meditation (a repetitive recitation of short sayings) and mnēmē tou theou or dei memoriam (a practice aimed at a constant remembrance of God). From the considerable correspondence in form and purpose, the article argues for a clear impact from late antique philosophy on the gradual development. The main differences are the type of text that is the object of the practice, and the inner attitudes that the practice is aiming at. Homer and Greco-Roman wisdom sayings are replaced by bible verses, and humility and repentance are new monastic inner attitudes not that prevalent in ancient philosophy.

Resumo: O objetivo da pesquisa é investigar a configuração tóraco-abdominal durante o canto lírico, por meio da análise dos resultados obtidos em testes realizados com 10 (dez) cantoras líricas brasileiras, utilizando o aparelho Respitrace Non Invasive System (sistema de monitorização respiratória por pletismografia por indutância). Os testes foram compostos por exercícios respiratórios (estratégias fisioterapêuticas e de técnica vocal), vocalizes e canto (execução de uma peça musical). O estudo classifica-se como uma pesquisa participativa e, a partir dos dados obtidos e conclusões, visa delinear propostas para o melhor preparo técnico respiratório de cantores líricos profissionais. Palavras-chave: canto lírico, configuração tóraco-abdominal, respiração.

Annotation: in this work the author consider nasal area as a part which is subject to definition as erogenous zone given by Sigmund Freud in “Three essays on theory of sexuality”. This consideration enables the author to propose nasal stage of libido development. Further author is making  a review of different historic circumstances of developing of the libido theory by Freud, in particular the friendship with Wilhelm Fliess, conflict between Freud and Fliess with regard to scientific publications and plagiarism by Otto Weininger and Herman Svoboda, as well as different facets of Freud’s identity – such as Judaism, spirituality, circumcision. The author argues in conclusion that there were certain complex reasons for Freud to repress from his consciousness concept associated with nasal libido, including the fact that claims by Freud to establish a “lay church of psychoanalysis” could be coming  in contradiction with Freud’s religious upbringing and his relation of respect to his father. 

В работе автор рассматривает носоглотку как область тела, подпадающую под определение эрогенной зоны согласно определению в работе Зигмунда Фрейда «Три очерка по теории сексуальности». Данное рассмотрение позволяет постулировать отдельную стадию развития либидо – назальную. Далее автор рассматривает различные обстоятельства формулирования теории либидо – в частности, дружбу с В.Флиссом, и конфликт Фрейда и Флисса из-за книг и предполагаемого плагиата О.Вейнингера и Г.Свободы, а также различные стороны идентичности Фрейда, которые могли сознательно или бессознательно быть связаны с гипотетическим назальным либидо – иудаизм, духовность, обрезание. Автор в заключении утверждает, что имелись комплексные психологические причины для Фрейда вытеснять из своего сознания идеи, связанные с назальным либидо, в том числе что претензии Фрейда на учреждение «светской церкви» психоанализа могло входить в противоречие с религиозным воспитанием  Фрейда и с его отношением уважения к отцу.

Teknik Alexander merupakan sebuah teknik yang sering digunakan di Eropah dalam seni persembahan. Selain itu, teknik ini turut digunakan di dalam perubatan untuk merawat penyakit Asma. Teknik Alexander merupakan sebuah penghayatan mendalam yang dilakukan Alexander setelah beliau mengalami masalah sakit tekak dan sukar untuk bercakap setelah melakukan pementasan teater. Justeru itu, beliau telah melakukan pemerhatian terhadap dirinya dan melakukan beberapa perubahan yang dipanggil sebagai terapi.

The oboe is regarded as one of the most difficult instruments to play. There may be many reasons, such as the challenges of controlling and handcrafting the double reed. Breathing and breath control, however, are among the most critical components of oboe playing.

This paper discusses the  issue of respiration on the bases of anatomical,  physiological and mechanical facts and scientific work done with musicians, offering objective recommendations about how to play and how to teach the oboe.

In his quest for awakening, according to the traditional account the Buddha tried and discarded various ancient Indian practices as being not in themselves conducive to awakening. Nevertheless, closer inspection shows that key elements of these practices became part of the Buddhist path, a transformation that involves mindfulness in one way or another. In this way, fasting transforms into mindful eating, breath control into mindfulness of breathing, and a reformulation of an aspiration for annihilation of the self, apparently held by ancient Indian cultivators of the meditative sphere of neither-perception-nor-non-perception, comes to be conjoined to the cultivation of mindfulness of the body. These transformations shed light on the importance and adaptability of mindfulness in early Buddhist soteriology.

Vertical farming is the urban farming of fruits, vegetables, and grains, inside a building in a city or urban centre, in which floors are designed to accommodate certain crops. These heights will acts as the future farms land and as architects we can shape these high-rises to sow the seeds for the future. The objective of this dissertation was to investigate the feasibility and plausibility of the vertical farming concept in three specific and interrelated research domains. The first research question was to investigate whether enough energy can be generated onsite to meet the needs of the building. The second research question was to investigate the carbon footprint of produce grown vertically and compare that to produce grown conventionally (greenhouse and outdoors). The final research question was to investigate how relevant stakeholders perceive the concept of vertical farming and what they believe are current barriers and opportunities towards uptake of the technology. The purpose of this investigation was to determine ways to supply food to cities in an energy efficient and sustainable manner from both a quantitative and qualitative approach.

What is a vertical farm?
As the world‘s population grows, so does the land required to produce the needed food. The concept of a vertical farm was developed to remedy this crisis. A vertical farm is farms stacked on top of one another, instead of branching out horizontally. Developed in 1999 by Professor Dickson Despommier, the farm uses conventional farming methods such as hydroponics and aeroponics to produce more yields faster.

This study utilized a single qualitative case study to examine the psychophysiological transformations that occurred in a 54 year old disabled veteran who has engaged in the DDP yoga system for 6 years. Stanley had experienced depression, extreme loss of mobility, chronic severe pain and general loss in the quality of life as a result of combat injuries. Two in depth semi-structured, open-ended interviews were conducted with the participant. The first interview was conducted to collect raw data, and the second interview was conducted to validate the data collected. Eight first order themes were established in the first interview which consisted of a) injuries (physical and psychological), b) weight loss, c) pain management, d) previous yoga experience and experience with DDP yoga (benefits of practice), e) vocational implications, f) experience with teaching yoga, g) pivotal points that led to feelings of hopelessness and h) increases in mobility. A general interpretive case method was used to discover the tacit dimensions and group meaning units. As a result of engaging regularly in the DDP yoga system, the participant reported a miraculous improvement in pain management as well as significant improvements in mood, weight loss, decision making ability and mobility

In the research reported here, we investigated the debiasing effect of mindfulness meditation on the sunk-cost bias. We conducted four studies (one correlational and three experimental); the results suggest that increased mindfulness reduces the tendency to allow unrecoverable prior costs to influence current decisions. Study 1 served as an initial correlational demonstration of the positive relationship between trait mindfulness and resistance to the sunk-cost bias. Studies 2a and 2b were laboratory experiments examining the effect of a mindfulness-meditation induction on increased resistance to the sunk-cost bias. In Study 3, we examined the mediating mechanisms of temporal focus and negative affect, and we found that the sunk-cost bias was attenuated by drawing one’s temporal focus away from the future and past and by reducing state negative affect, both of which were accomplished through mindfulness meditation

Until the second half of the 20th century, publications on breathing techniques for woodwinds have been scarce and often failed to adequately address this aspect of performance and pedagogy. It is through various sensory experiences and because of recent technological advances that academics recognize a gap in the existing literature and have since included studies using various methods, as well as modern technical devices and experiments into the woodwind literature and teaching. These studies have proven to be of great importance to confirm ideas and hypotheses on the matter.
The aim of this project is to collect woodwind journal publications into a meta-analysis, focusing specifically on the breathing techniques for woodwind instruments and provide a comprehensive annotated bibliography on the topic and its application. The project is limited to journal articles on breathing techniques applied for woodwinds only, and will not review literature discussing breathing from other perspectives or in a broader sense.
Major findings show that misconceptions and contradictions on the subject still exist. At the same time, they also highlight unique approaches used to help the learner overcome general and specific challenges while mastering the art of breathing.
The project highlights areas where future research on breathing would be encouraged and should be complemented by measured data. Such studies might include a woodwind specific examination of the relationship between the tongue and the soft palate, or analysis of how tension in the torso muscles influences the movement of the diaphragm, or how rhythmical breathing affects breath control and capacity, and finally a discussion on how larynx influences the air stream.

This book explores the intimate relationship between Mazdaznan, Johannes Itten and the Vorkurs (Preliminary or Foundation Course) at the Bauhaus, Weimar. It is a practical guide to performing the exercises that Itten taught at the Bauhaus and a celebration of a moment of mysticism at the heart of Modernism.

"At the start of the morning I brought my classes to mental and physical readiness for intensive work through relaxing, breathing, and concentrating exercises. The training of the body as an instrument of the mind is of the greatest importance for creative man."
Johannes Itten

Founded by the extraordinary Dr. Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha'nish in Chicago at the start of the 20th century Mazdaznan was a religion and way of life. Dr. Ha'nish is claimed to have been variously a genius, a shepherd, a typesetter, a magician and a fraud, as well as friend and inspiration to a bewildering variety of figures including Karl Marx, Haeckel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, H.G. Wells, Annie Besant and J. H. Kellogg. It is said that Edison named the first lightbulb Mazda in his honour and that Henry Ford attributed the dawn of the motor-age to Ha'nish's influence.

Mazdaznan's vegetarian diet, magnetic and electric sexual exchanges, breathing exercises and glandular theories were taken to Europe by its early disciples, flourishing in Switzerland, Germany and England between the wars.

The Swiss artist and teacher Johannes Itten was a devout Mazdaznan and its exercises were an essential part of his courses at the Bauhaus.

Health & Breath Culture has been newly illustrated by Ian Whittlesea with drawings of current Foundation students demonstrating the exercises. It is followed by a selection of found texts and images that go some way to explaining the beliefs and history of Mazdaznan.

Asthma is a common long-term condition that remains poorly controlled in many people despite the availability of pharmacological interventions, evidence-based treatment guidelines and care pathways.1 There is considerable public interest in the use of non-pharmacological approaches for the treatment of asthma.2 A survey of people with asthma reported that many have used complementary and alternative medicine, often without the knowledge of their clinical team.3 Such interventions include breathing techniques, herbal products, homeopathy and acupuncture. The role of breathing exercises within the management of asthma has been controversial, partly because early claims of effectiveness were exaggerated.4 UK national guidance and international guidelines on the management of asthma have included the option of breathing exercise programmes as an adjuvant to pharmacological treatment.5,6 Here we discuss the types of breathing exercises used and review the evidence for their effectiveness.

Background: Pleural effusion is one of the commonly seen respiratory conditions in India with approximately 1 million people being diagnosed each year. Since there was no literature regarding the effectiveness of incentive spirometryand stacked breathing in Unilateral Pleural effusion there was a need to find out as to which approach are the best ones to implement. Objective: To compare the efficacy of chest mobility exercises and incentive spirometry with that of chest mobility exercises and stacked breathing on chest expansion in subjects with unilateral pleural effusion. Methodology: 30 subjects with unilateral pleural effusion were selected by convenience sampling and randomly assigned into two groups (15 subjects each). Group A received Chest mobility exercises and Incentive spirometry and Group B received Chest mobility exercises and Stacked breathing. Both groups were instructed to perform the intervention 3 times per day, 7-8 times per session for one week. Chest expansion was measured by Thoracic flow cytometry before and after one week of intervention. Results: In group A the LZ chest expansion increased from 1.58 to 1.77 which was statistically significant (p value < 0.0001). In group B the LZ chest expansion increased from 1.86 to 2.07 which was statistically significant (p value< 0.0001). However when comparing between groups, mean increase in LZ chest expansion was 1.77 in group A and in group B it was 2.07 which was not statistically significant (p value < 0.191). Conclusion: It was concluded from the results that both Chest mobility exercises with Incentive spirometry and Chest mobility exercises with Stacked breathing are equally effective in improving the chest expansion in subjects with Unilateral Pleural effusion. Copyright©2016, Komal Agarwal and Subin Solomen. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

The use of conscious breathing practices for the purpose of physical, psychological, emotional and spiritual healing has a long and extremely varied history, yet little work has been done to bring these practices into a coherent and
unified form that contributes to the field of body psychotherapy (BP). This article focuses on translating theoretical themes developed in a previous publication
(Caldwell & Victoria, 2011. Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy, 6(2), 89–101) into practical applications in the BP profession. The authors propose six clinical themes for the use of breath in BP, a balanced breathing exercise, and four
clinical models for integration into BP practice. Recommendations are made for future research and training in this crucial area of BP.

This capstone paper explores the mind-body-spirit connection in relation to treating trauma in the counseling field. Based on this writer’s experiences and work, professionally and personally, with trauma, somatic psychology, and breathwork practices, the paper serves as a template for integrating breathwork into a clinical practice to help support clients suffering from trauma or other severe anxiety disorders. Breathwork is powerful practice that encourages clients to regain control of his or her nervous system and can assist in somatic processing of deep-rooted emotions. The first section of this paper will review the literature of modern trauma and somatic psychology research to provide a foundation of trauma theory. The second half of this paper will explore this author’s synthesis of a breathwork framework that could be utilized in clinical work. The framework consists of utilizing breathwork as a way for emotional regulation, somatic processing, and personal and spiritual development. The goal of this paper is to formulate a foundation for breathwork as an intervention and as breathwork training curriculum for counselors and other mental health professionals.

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A supplementary teaching to the Arcane Teaching of Alchemy

In the "Arcane Lessons" you have seen that the individual is but a Centre of Consciousness and Force in the great Life Principle, Cosmic Will or SPIRIT. As Aphorism XII has informed you: "There is but One Life and not Many Lives. Sepa- is but relative and partial --- illusory --- the creative fiction of the Cosmos. . . In the Cosmic Will there is but One Life in which, and by which, is manifested the Many
Just as the Cosmic Will manifests the Cosmic activities and forms, so may the Individual Will materialize activities and forms on its own plane. There is but one difference between the Cosmic will and the Individual Will—the difference in degree.

All Will, from the Cosmic Will to the feeblest Individual Will is identical in nature, although widely differing in degrees of power. In fact, the Individual Wills are but focalized centres in the great Cosmic Will, varying greatly in power and manifestation.

This being so, it follows that the same laws, and principles are applicable in all manifestations of Will, from the highest to the lowest.
In the Arcane Teaching we have described the principles and laws underlying the manifestation of Mentalism, and there is no occasion for entering into this phase of the subject in this little book. Instead, we shall proceed at once to give you the Formulas for the actual demonstration and manifestation of these principles.

We refer you to the Arcane Teaching for the explanation and the theory. In this chapter we shall give you "Mentalism in a Nutshell," condensing into its limited space the essence and substance of what could be expanded into several books.

Formula for Positivity.
In the laws of Mentalism there is a fundamental principle that the positive always dominates the negative—the negative is always subordinate to the positive.

Everything has its keynote of positivity. And that keynote depends upon the degree of Will-Consciousness. When one becomes well polarized in Will-Consciousness he is intensely positive to those around him—not only to persons but also to environment and conditions.
This positivity is, of course, dependent upon the degree of Will manifested by the individual. Remember, we say the degree of Will, not the amount or quantity of Will.
The average person, when he thinks of Will Power is apt to think of a large amount of quantity of Will which must be manifested by the individual in order to produce its effect. This is erroneous. There can be no such thing as quantity or amount of Will.

COLLECTIVELY, WE/YOU MAKE IT ALL – INCLUDING THE SATANIC CABAL.

THAT’S IT.  WAKE UP!!!  TAKE FUCKING RESPONSIBILITY – ACCEPTING THINGS INSIDE IS YOUR GREATEST “I AM” POWER BECAUSE INSIDE YOU HAVE FULL CONTROL.

EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS YOU.  IMAGINEERED BY YOU AND YOUR TRIBE.  PERIOD.

Tl;dr: Referred muscle pain seems to be a neurological issue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QscW0wZ_5s.

Despite imagery’s regular use in massage therapy there are few studies examining its effectiveness. This experimental study examined the effect of imagery on manual trigger point release. Forty individuals (11 male and 29 female), aged 19-51 (M = 26.13, SD = 8.05) and divided into two groups; one focusing on deep, diaphragmatic breathing and the second on a rich imagery script, imagining their trigger point being a “ball of butter melting”. Manual trigger point release was applied four successively deeper times to the same point in the dominant upper trapezius muscle following the common “searching for 7” pain scale protocol. Significant differences were found in self-reported pain tolerance scores for participants using the breathing (M = 2/10, SD = 1.8/10) versus imagery scripts (M = 1/10, SD = 1.2/10), t(37) = 2.10, p = .043. A trend only approaching statistical significance was observed between treatments in both average press release (imagery: M = 25.6 s, SD = 15.5 s, breathing: M = 30.0 s, SD = 27.3 s, t(38) = 0.62, p = .540) and total treatment time (imagery: M = 2:15 m, SD = 1:08 m, breathing: M = 2:36 m, SD = 2:04 m, t(38) = 0.67, p = .507), with largest differences in the final two presses.

However, analyzing the above while taking local v. referred pain presence into account showed significant main effects of pain on the first press (local/breathing: M = 43.2 s, SD = 24.8 s; local/imagery: M = 31.5 s, SD = 16.1 s; referred/breathing: M = 23.2 s, SD = 12.5 s, referred/imagery: M = 28.1 s, SD = 12.2 s; F1,30 = 4.53, p = .042) and significant interaction effects of both pain and treatment type on total treatment time (local/breathing: M = 3:32 m, SD = 2:34 m; local/imagery: M = 2:07 m, SD = 1:12 m; referred/breathing: M = 1:50 m, SD = 1:11 m, referred/imagery: M = 2:22 m, SD = 1:08 m; F1,30 = 4.64, p = .039). Based on this study, therapists should include breathing techniques in manual trigger point release for patients experiencing referred pain and imagery scripts for patients experiencing only local pain.

In this chapter, Henrik Rydell Johnsén discusses the early development of the meditative Jesus prayer in the fourth to seventh century, based on texts by three early monastic authors. In this period, the practice is not yet clearly defined, and it evolves in close conversation with other practices. Still, its basic elements are already quite uniform: a constant vocal or sometimes silent repetition of short formulas, in the later period sometimes attached to the breath, with the aim of stimulating concentration on God, interiorizing attitudes and ideals, avoiding mind wandering and attaining inward tranquility. Rydell Johnsén goes on to compare this with the elements of meditative practices within Greco-Roman philosophy, which turn out to be structurally parallel (except that they do not make active use of the breath). He argues that two Greco-Roman practices – philosophical meditation (melétē/meditatio) and remembrance of God (mnēmē Theoú) – may have played a central role in the formation of the Jesus prayer. But the Jesus prayer also filled this basic matrix with Christian content, such as short formulas taken from Scripture and prayer practice, references to the Christian God and to Jesus, as well as typically Christian attitudes.

The use of conscious breathing practices for the purpose of physical, psychological, emotional, and spiritual healing has a long and extremely varied history, yet little work has been done to see if these practices can be brought into a coherent and unified form that contributes to the field of
body psychotherapy. This article attempts to meta-analyze the literature and research on breathwork in psychotherapy, with an emphasis on body psychotherapy, and to find common themes so that a general theory of breathwork and guidelines for practice might be developed. This paper provides an overview of the physiology of breathing, a review of the literature on breathwork.

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Nella sezione pratiche: Yoga per tutte le Stagioni-Scioglimento delle Articolazioni.
La prima di 5 pratiche per tutte le stagioni, i momenti e le situazioni della vita. Lo yoga si adatta alle esigenze dell'individuo, permettendo di continuare a muoversi in armonia con la respirazione consapevole e secondo le proprie possibilità del momento. Con la pratica giornaliera anche di pochi minuti, più volte al giorno, si potrà individuare ciò che dà più beneficio.

Nella sezione: Prāṇayāma
Prāṇa e Respirazione consapevole yogica
I benefici apportati da questa āsana sono numerosi:
Siamo immersi nell’energia, che continuamente si trasforma in materia e viceversa. Quasi un secolo fa Einstein ha posto l’equazione di equivalenza tra energia e materia.
La più grande rivoluzione derivata dalla sua formula: energia e massa sono la stessa cosa, la massa/materia non è nient’altro che energia cristallizzata, solidificata.
Nello stesso periodo la fisica quantistica ha scoperto e dimostrato che tutta la materia di cui siamo costituiti non è altro che una ‘vibrazione’ energetica.
Il Prāṇa Universale della Tradizione Indiana (Sanatana Dharma) è l’infinito campo energetico nel quale siamo immersi e che sostiene le nostre funzioni vitali.
A livello del singolo individuo, il Prāṇa o energia vitale Universale, si manifesta generando uno specifico campo energetico, il corpo pranico (Prāṇamāyākośa).

Scott Carney is a bestselling author, anthropologist and investigative journalist whose works blend narrative non-fiction with ethnography. Scott has worked in some of the most dangerous and unlikely corners of the world, spending extensive time in South Asia. He was a contributing editor at Wired for five years and his writing also appears in Mother Jones, Men’s Journal, Playboy, Foreign Policy, Discover, Outside and Fast Company.

I find his journalistic work to be a cross between George Plimpton and Tim Ferriss – in that he is quite the participant in the journalistic work he does. His work has been the subject of a variety of radio and television programs, including NPR and National Geographic TV. In 2010, he won the Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism for his story “Meet the Parents,” which tracked an international kidnapping-to-adoption ring.

He’s the author of four books including his recently published The Wedge which will be large part of our conversation in this episode. His other books include The Red Market, The Enlightenment Trap, and What Doesn’t Kill Us which was a New York Times bestseller.

In this episode we discuss his award-winning book, The Red Market, based on his six years investigating the underground market for human bodies and body parts. I first came across his writing in What Doesn’t Kill Us. That book was about the semi-famous breathing guru, Wim Hof. As for context, I’ve summited Mt. Kilimanjaro and I had to put my water bottle inside my Gortex jacket to keep it from freezing, and Scott and Wim climbed it without a shirt on at negative thirty degrees. Scott explains how such “feats” are done.

Wim endorsed Scott’s latest book, The Wedge, as "Crazy good writing" and I wholeheartedly agree. Ben Greenfield, who is also a NYTs bestselling author, said: “prepare to enter an intriguing world of self-improvement and physical and mental performance that you have never before discovered. Scott Carney, once again, has elegantly intertwined his ferocious style of immersive journalism with an entertaining educational approach that is sure to improve your life and longevity forever.” And both Dave “Bulletproof” Asprey and Amelia “Queen of Pain” Boone wrote Forewords.

In The Wedge, Scott sets a framework of human evolution and migration, and introduces the concept of the power of choice as an equally significant evolutionary force vis-à-vis the limits of endurance. Key to this is what he calls “The Wedge,” in how humans can wedge control over automatic physiological responses into the breaking point between stress and biology. And off we go…

Scott’s searched the globe for examples of what he calls “the subtle language of how the body responds to its environment.” We start with studying fear in a neuroscience laboratory at Stanford and then...
• Kettlebell partner passing,
• Sensory deprivation tanks (a la Altered States)
• Placebo paradox and mindful health
• experiments with breathing routines that border transcendence via Wim and DMT breathing, ayahuasca in a Peruvian Amazon jungle with a shaman, and Drs. “Kent & Lane” and MDMA augmented couples therapy

We end with his recommendations on where someone could start if they were interested in their own personal exploration, to help us all live our lives in full.

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This research work aimed to assess the aplication of psychological techniques in order to manage academic stress correctly in students of the sixth semester "G" of the Language Center of the National University of Chimborazo in the period April-August 2018. The type of research was quasiexperimental and the population consisted of 34 students. The proposal was developed as a complement to the academic activities in class considering not interrupting to the regular development of the teaching-learning process. Data collection was performed by the means of the SISCO academic stress level questionnaire. The information obtained through this instrument before the application of 20 intervention sessions reached a median of 4, which is equivalent to a severe stress level; and after the intervention a median of 3 was obtained, which means moderate level of stress. It was concluded that the application of psychological techniques that include visualization, relaxation and breathing exercises contributed positively to manage and reduce academic stress in the study population.

The spinal cord conducts electrical currents and distributes energy throughout the nervous system. Chakra Yoga opens electrical channels through a series of asanas, bandhas, and mudras used in conjunction with breath control to integrate the body and mind through energy awareness.

Transformar las interrelaciones entre los actores para el cambio social implica entender profundamente las motivaciones, emociones y patrones de relacionamientos con el otro. Estos últimos 20 años, las neurociencias han realizado avances claves que permiten a la neuropsicología contar con un marco teórico y práctico consolidado que pueda orientar las prácticas de facilitación para el cambio social. Esta propuesta está fuertemente influenciada por los aportes de la teoría del cerebro triuno, de la teoría polivagal, de la neuropsicología interrelacional y sus aplicaciones clínicas y presenta una reflexión sobre un marco teórico a la vez que práctico para el facilitador.

Background Asthma control is suboptimal, resulting in quality of life (QoL) impairment and costs. Breathing retraining exercises have evidence of effectiveness as adjuvant treatment, but are infrequently used. Objectives To transfer the contents of a brief (three-session) physiotherapist-delivered breathing retraining programme to a digital versatile disc (DVD) and booklet format; to compare the effectiveness of the self-guided intervention with that of ‘face-to-face’ physiotherapy and usual care for QoL and other asthma-related outcomes; to perform a health economic assessment of both interventions; and to perform a process evaluation using quantitative and qualitative methods. Design Parallel-group three-arm randomised controlled trial. Setting General practice surgeries in the UK. Participants In total, 655 adults currently receiving asthma treatment with impaired asthma-related QoL were randomly allocated to the DVD (n = 261), physiotherapist (n = 132) and control (usual care) (...

In recent years attention has increased around digital breathing games via new technology that allows interaction between breathing and video games. While some breathing games use breath as a fun form of interaction, other games use breath to improve mental health aspects a player in order to reduce stress and anxiety. So far, little research has been devoted towards understanding the design of breathing games. To develop an understanding towards the design of breathing games, we begin by proposing a taxonomy depending on the factors of game genre, game design analysis based on the human body senses involved, breathing technique used, aim of the breathing technique, technology used to experience the game world and technology used to measure breathing. To demonstrate the strength of our taxonomy, we analyze example games and discuss how the novel taxonomy could help game designers to create breathing games.

Der Aufsatz verfolgt das Ziel, einen theoretischen und empirischen Beitrag zur Soziologie der Kompetenz zu leisten. In Auseinandersetzung mit praxistheoretischen Ansätzen wird argumentiert, dass sich Prozesse der Kompetenzproduktion nicht in einem Demonstrieren körperlicher Fertigkeiten erschöpfen. Sie beruhen vielmehr auch darauf, dass das Tun im Hinblick auf seine normative Angemessenheit beurteilt wird. Das Potenzial einer solchen Perspektivierung wird zunächst anhand körper- und sportsoziologischer Studien vorgeführt. Diese fokussieren allerdings zumeist auf Tätigkeiten, in denen die Kompetenzproduktion primär bei den kommunikativen Dimensionen sozialer Praktiken ansetzt: Kompetenz wird gezeigt. Die Atemarbeit, eine körperorientierte Therapie- und Selbsterfahrungspraktik, stellt vor diesem Hintergrund einen theoretisch instruktiven Kontrastfall dar. Sie zeichnet sich durch Bewegungsarmut und eine Kultivierung leiblicher Selbstbezüglichkeit aus. Es gerät eine alternative Form der Kompetenzproduktion in den Blick, die gleichsam an den Rändern des Kommunikativen operiert: Kompetenz wird erspürt. / The paper provides a theoretical and empirical contribution to the sociology of competence. Building on practice theory approaches, it is argued that the enactment of competence is not limited to the demonstration of bodily skills. Rather, it is also based on an evaluation of practice with regard to its normative appropriateness. The analytic potential of such a theoretical approach is subsequently demonstrated by reference to studies in the sociology of the body and sports. These, however, mostly focus on activities in which competence production primarily concerns the communicative aspects of social practices: competence is displayed. Against this background, a contrasting empirical case is presented: breathwork, a body-oriented therapy and self-experience practice which is characterized by a lack of movement and the cultivation of bodily self-awareness. Thus, an alternative form of competence production that operates at the margins of communication comes into view: felt competence.

While Kinoshita Naoe (1869–1937), a well-known Meiji-period “Christian Socialist,” has been seen as a pioneer of liberalism, democracy, pacifism, and humanism in Japan, opinion differs concerning his turn in 1906 from activist to disciple of Okada Torajirō (1872–1920), the leader of a self-cultivation movement based on a meditative technique of “still-sitting.” Scholars have underestimated Okada’s significance in Kinoshita’s political thought. By analyzing the political aspect of self-cultivation movements, I aim in this paper to understand Kinoshita’s turn not as a retreat from political involvement but as its development.
Self-cultivation movements and Christian Socialism in Japan alike emerged from the intersection between Herbert Spencer’s philosophy, liberal Christianity, Buddhist reform movements, and the advocacy of “ethical religion” in Meiji philosophy. All of these sought an ethical foundation for an alternative national unity that transcended the distinction between religion and politics. Kinoshita, disappointed in a parliamentary democracy that supported imperialism, hoped for religion to evolve and bring about a new national unity. This quest led him to Okada’s movement. From his perspective, this movement had the potential to liberate the minds and bodies of the ruling class, including the emperor, from the existing order and to enable them to achieve the “nonbeing” embodied by Okada and his sitting technique.

Background: Obesity is risk factor for several chronic illnesses. The respiratory complications of obesity encompass of an increased demand for ventilation, increased work of breathing, respiratory muscle inefficiency. Higher BMI is a predisposing factor of hypertension. BBT (Buteyko breathing technique) is a breathing strategy that is used to treat different symptoms Objective: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of BBT on cardio-respiratory parameters in obese young adults. Methodology:15 asymptomatic obese (BMI>29.9 Kg/m 2 and < 39.9Kg/m 2), adults (18-30years) were recruited were enrolled for this preliminary one group pre-test post-test quasi-experimental study. Subjects practiced Buteyko Breathing twice daily for one week. Baseline heart rate (HR), BP, rate of perceived exertion (RPE) and lung function were noted at pre-test evaluation. Post-BBT, evaluation was done for outcome measures. Result and conclusion There was significant improvement in HR, systolic BP and RPE The impact on BP, heart rate are similar to slow breathing but improvement in various pulmonary functions is need to be explored in obese subjects.