BREATHWORK


opiates which slow the heart rate down and create an illusion of relaxedness. In the animal kingdom this would mean playing dead in order to avoid attack, but being ready to flee at the first opportunity. Depression can also be the result of


accumulations of suppressed sadness or anger in the body. Keeping the emotional energy held in takes all our energy; there is none left for living our life in a normal, healthy way. A depressed person’s breathing is insufficient and body is deprived of oxygen, which results in low serotonin levels and a snowball effect of depression. The opiate response has the characteristics of: l feeling down or numb l leaving the body l dissociation l low heart rate l low blood pressure l compliance l isolation l inability to feel l lack of motivation l lack of energy l lack of enthusiasm l literally feeling dead inside.


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Pharmaceutical depression and anxiety medication often offer little or no help, yet they come with many undesirable side-effects.


BREATHWORK – OFFERING AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY FROM THE VARIOUS FORMS OF STRESS Because we are psychosomatic beings, dealing with our emotional pain often results in the profound healing of many physical issues. Significant health benefits may include relief fromallergies and asthma, chronic fatigue, chronic pain, hormonal imbalances, IBS, skin disorders, and many other health issues. Traditional counselling and psychology


approach treatment from the cortex and neocortex part of the brain: the mental level, logical and rational thinking part. Their limitation is that our underlying emotions don’t have anything to do with reason or logic, and intellectual understanding of our problems doesn’t always make them go away. Without a way to access deeper, subconscious material, the progress can be very slow, and in most cases even after years of talk therapy only surface level emotional pain is discharged.


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