Re: Breathing too quickly

[Guest guest]

Hi, Barbara.

I really don't know. People say to do " breathing exercises. " But

breathing is, in the end, an unconscious thing, so how does one get to

the point where, when one is not consciously doing the exercises, one

is still breathing deeply and slowly? There doesn't appear to be any

easy answer. I wish there was.

Best wishes,

Elliot

[Guest guest]

Hi Barbara,

I have noticed that my rate of breathing increases when I am acidic. Keeping my

body in an alkaline balance seems to relieve that condition. To learn more, read

Alkalize or Die, " a book available from Amazon.com through this link:

http://tinyurl.com/yoynb9

With best wishes for 2008,

Dudley Delany

[Guest guest]

Try meditation. I go for days without breathing [just a bit of hyperbole]. Keep

up the yoga. Also, the related technique of pranyama would probably be of

benefit.

Drinking green tea as a regular beverage is soothing.

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> Elliot,

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> I've been going through some mail and found this. I don't remember responding

to your post.

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> I feel that I breathe too fast too. I try to slow my breathing down but can't

of course unless it's really quiet and I'm getting ready to sleep. I've tried a

little of yoga, only what I've seen on TV but I've done that it it really helped

with my breathing. But now, thirty years later I'm still breathing too fast!

What can I do to relax me eough that I'm not speed beathing?

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> Barbara

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[Guest guest]

My chiro Dr. Ulery, taught me how to breathe properly.

He instructed me to:

First stand straight.

(a) put arms behind your back

(b)put the left thumb underneath the right thumb

© the four fingers of the right hand under the four

fingers of the left hand.

(d) protrude your chin forward while holding your

shoulders back and lifting your joined two hands a bit

to your waist

(e) then breath a bit deep getting deeper as you count

1 2 3 4 at the same time you make your stomach

protrude forward at each count making sure your chest

does not rise

(f) after the count of four, HOLD, count again 1 2 3

and 4

(g) then slowly exhale counting 1, 2, 3, 4 til the air

is out.

Repeat as often as you can, but for beginners, do it a

little at a time til you get the hang of it. It made

me sort of dizzy in the beginning. I think i

originally did four then progressed slowly.

I hope you find this exercise easier.