The Process of Breathing

The breathing process works like a bicycle tire pump. You pull up to empty the Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and other toxins; you push down to fill or “breathe in” air with Oxygen (O2); therefore, the pressure pulls and pushes air throughout the whole body. Inhaling and exhaling air is the process that provides O2 to all parts of the body, and is required to support and sustain life. This is medically referred to as physiological respiration, defined as the transport of O2 from the outside air to the cells within tissues and the transport of CO2 back to the outside air. Respiration is also referred to as ventilation. The scientific term defined by the American Heritage Medical Dictionary, © 2002, published by Houghton Mifflin Company, is eupnea—“Easy, free respiration as is observed normally under resting conditions.” (more…)

The Positive Effects of Intentional Breathing and Meditation

There are many positive aspects to meditation and the silence of the breath in a healthy lifestyle. The longer you meditate, the more added benefits you will discover as you reach inside your mind and get in touch with your natural, true, spiritual self – the self you were meant to be before the world stepped in and fear, stress, and chaos took over. Below is a partial list of physical, mental, emotional, and healthy lifestyle benefits that you can consciously strive to achieve.

  • Inner happiness and peace of mind in your everyday life
  • Relief from medical conditions, such as: high blood pressure, mental stress disorders, heart disease, asthma, and other stress-related diseases
  • A spiritual enlightenment experience
  • Greater self-discovery and self-knowledge about your true self
  • Solutions to problems of a personal or professional nature
  • New creative insights or latent talents
  • Healing and acceptance from the stress and pain of traumatic life events, such as the loss of a loved one, physical or mental abuse, Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome from war or gang/criminal activity, either experienced yourself or by family members, debilitating injuries, divorce, or other life-altering problems
  • Relief from anxiety, confusion, disorientation, or depression
  • Freedom from addiction, such as: alcoholism, substance abuse, sexual addiction, or obsessive-compulsive disorders
  • Boosting your memory and/or intelligence
  • Relief or reduction of chronic physical pain
  • Communion with your supreme higher being
  • Success in areas of long-term problems, such as weight/diet issues, anger management, passive aggression, shyness, or other unbalanced areas of your life

Universal Preventative Self-Healthcare, Through Mindfulness

In these volatile and pandemic times let’s creatively connect with one another in our joy and gratitude, dancing together in a celebration of life. Let’s make a U-TURN to open our gifts and choose our own path toward the power of unconditional self-compassion. The good news is that from the ashes of our unhealthy civilization a new sustainable, actually, thrive-able civilization is arising. This new lifestyle will embrace simplicity, self-sufficiency, and non-violence.

“I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.”  John O’ Donohue.

This self-healthcare exercise explores ways we can become more present in our lives, find purpose and meaning as we strengthen our minds, and cultivate resilience, which is especially relevant in these challenging and uncertain times! These scientific biological therapeutic exercises will help to improve our metabolic health. These exercises are therapeutic, yogic (stretches and movements), aerobic (heart rate), and meditational (silence). This simple process can unclog, detoxify, and transform our mental, physical, social, and spiritual health.

Only we can teach and clean our inner environment ourselves, nobody can do it for us.

Click below to view the free at-home exercise YouTube videos.

2 exercises: https://youtu.be/UCVcvJ0zIOo

6 exercises: https://youtu.be/JlMke5eF93U

30 minutes: https://youtu.be/IOuJBOjvaNE

Breathing Exercise: The approach of this self-care process is not to promote commercial, religious, political, western, eastern, or any other cultural values. It is only based on the original biological science of life in our universe.

  • I begin this exercise first thing in the morning before I rise from bed. Lying flat on my back, I place my hands or a book on my stomach over the belly button.
  • Slowly I breathe out and push my stomach into empty the air. Hold it for a few seconds.
  • I breathe in slowly to completely fill the lungs with air. My hands or the book that is lying on my stomach should move up as my stomach expands.
  • I do this ten times, slowly, with my full attention on my stomach, listening to my breath and sensing the stretch of my body. It engages several senses, making it quite immersive and brings mindfulness!

Breath is the first thing we do when we’re born, and the last thing we do before leaving this earth. But in between, we don’t give much thought to our approximately half a billion breaths. Research shows, however, that deep breathing is a simple way to increase our overall well-being. When we take deep, slow breaths, breathing out longer, we activate our body’s relaxation response, which has several benefits: reduced anxieties and stress, lowered blood pressure, muscle relaxation, improved energy, and even the alleviation of pain. We can practice focused on breathing alone or integrate it into other mind-body activities such as yoga, tai chi, meditation, or exercise. At home try making deep breathing a part of your daily routine. Find a consistent time each day, free of distractions, to focus on your breathing, and you will soon be reaping the benefits.

Intro to Baby Breathing with Raman Pathik

Intro to Baby Breathing with Raman Pathik

The breath I am referring to is not a Yoga breath, nor a transcendental breath, a deep breath, or a meditation breath. These terms have been so over-used that they no longer have specific definitions. They are catch-all phrases.

The breath I am describing in The Simple Solution is the result of cognizant ‘mindful’ awareness of our breathing, which is like the breath flow of an infant. The Simple Solution breath is as natural as a baby breathing.

What is baby breathing?

The phrenic nerve may not be something you have heard of before, but as you read this, it is keeping you alive. This nerve controls the diaphragm muscle, which controls the breathing process. When the diaphragm contracts, the chest cavity expands and creates room for inhaled air. Slow deep breathing improves blood oxygenation, This improves ventilation efficiency for oxygen as shown by blood oxygenation increase, and it reduces systemic and pulmonary blood pressure at high altitude but does not change pulmonary gas diffusion.

How does deep breathing help anxiety? … Abdominal breathing for 20 to 30 minutes each day will reduce anxiety and reduce stress. Deep breathing increases the supply of oxygen to your brain and stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, which promotes a state of calmness.