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Breath Gym

Because many of the Breath Gym practices formally offered here will be included in an appendix in Dennis Lewis' new book Free Your Breath, Free Your Life (due out from Shambhala in May 2004), this product has been discontinued. You can, however, still access the free Belly Breathing practice by clicking on the link below. A version of this practice will be included in Free Your Breath, Free Your Life.

Free Sample Practice--Try it Today!: Belly Breathing

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Breath Gym Contents

Written Exercises

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Belly Breathing: Learn the foundation of full diaphragmatic breathing and revitalize your breath with this easy, enjoyable practice.

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A Conscious Breathing Exercise: Experience how awareness itself can help transform your breathing.

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Breathing Meditation: Learn the art of deep relaxation through your breath.

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Slow, Rhythmical Breathing Has Many Health Benefits: Learn a safe, effective way to breathe at a resting rate of six breaths a minute or slower.

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Breathing to Transform Anger: Recent research has shown that anger can be dangerous for your health. This breathing exercise can help you free you from your anger.

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Breathing to Reduce Pain & Stress: This exercise combines a short version of the "smiling breath" with pursed-lip breathing. Useful for people with chronic pain and stress, as well for people with asthma, emphysema, and other breathing problems.

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Digestive Breathing: Improve your digestion through this simple exercise.

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Nose Breathing: Learn how mouth breathing can undermine your health and well-being, and learn a simple practice to support nose breathing.

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Stress Reduction: Use this breath-counting-based exercise to reduce stress in the middle of difficult situations.

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Stretching for Better Breathing: Learn a new approach to stretching that can help you relax and open up the various breathing spaces of your body.

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The Shoulders & Feet Exercise: Immediately improve your breathing with this easy exercise.

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The Art of Walking: Learn how to walk in a way that can benefit your breath, your health, and your well-being.

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The Transformative Power of Conscious Standing: This simple approach to standing, based on the ancient art and science of qigong, can help you come to a deep, energized  sense of physical, emotional, and mental relaxation.

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Three Minute Stress Buster Exercise: Reduce anxiety and stress quickly with this simple breathing exercise.

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Breath-Related Shoulder Rolls: Quickly and easily reduce shoulder tension from long hours at your desk or sitting in front of your computer.

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Isometric Neck Exercise with Belly Breathing: Reduce tension in your neck from long hours at your desk or in front of your computer.

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Revitalizing Your Lungs and Stimulating Your Inhalation: This exercise, from the Taoist tradition, can help cleanse your lungs, strengthen your diaphragm, and promote the inhalation reflex.

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Emergency Blood Pressure Reduction: A simple controlled-breathing exercise that can temporarily help reduce blood pressure and stress.

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Seven Simple steps for Reducing Computer-Related Stress: Breathing and non-breathing related steps you can take today.

Audio Exercises

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Introductory Audio Clip on the Miracle of Breathing (45 seconds)

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Deep Breathing Stress-Buster Audio Clip (90 seconds): Less how to reduce stress quickly and effectively.

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Breathing Meditation Audio Clip (3 minutes): Use your breath to deepen your meditation and increase your energy.

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Following Your Breath Inward & Opening Your Lower Breathing Space (10 minutes): Use focused awareness, touch, and sound to go deeper inside and open the breathing space in your belly and pelvis.

Read how others have been helped by the Breath Gym exercises offered here:

"I am 50 years of age and have subscribed to your Chi Belt breathing program from Advanced Breath Gym. I am finding that using the methods taught I am becoming more emotionally calm and centered. I would recommend this program to anyone as an excellent way to begin a new path to physical and emotional health. I have recommended some of your practises to my stressed clients. I work as a Hypnotherapist and holistic counsellor."--Ross Adams

"Breathgym has been a Godsend.  Some of the practices have helped me remain sane while caring for my three young children and expanding my part-time home business. I've taught some of the exercises to my husband, too, and they've helped him relax more both at work and at home."--Betty

"Thanks for Breath Gym. I haven't tried them all yet, but so far the exercises are great, particularly the "revitalizing your lungs" one. After doing the exercise only a few times I could feel that my inhalation and exhalation both seemed much freer and more natural. I've also been able to utilize the "Stress Buster" exercise a lot at work, where I experience a lot of stressful stuff. Really helps."--Ned

"Dennis, bless your heart for the wonderful work you are doing and thank you for the wonderful breathing exercises."--Joe

"Thank you very much for the breathing exercise. I will practice it daily. Just want to let you know that I have spent the better part of a day at your website and plan to go back frequently. There is a wealth of information there, and I will encourage all my friends to visit as well. Have a blessed day."-- Pat

"Thank you for the breathing exercise. I tried it and do it in the morning before I start my day and it is wonderful!!! Thanks again."--Kathy

"I found the belly exercise very useful. It opened my eyes. Previously I used to force my stomach out when I inhaled, so I never really felt relaxed. When I tried your exercise I slowly felt a release of tension from my stomach muscles, so I could expand more on the in breath without any force.  With time I will be able to do this without trying. Thank you for this wonderful insight."--Michael

"Thanks for the information on how to deal with anger.  I have intuitively known that I needed to process anger and that it was mine, but I didn't know how to do this. I used to avoid the feeling. Before I read your 'tip', I was starting to breathe deeply because it felt good, but I was wondering if I was supposed to get myself to express it to the other person, because of all the self-help books I read. It just didn't feel right to do so. Upon reflection, I realized that my anger is usually about needing to make better judgments or say no, and I feel more powerful when I stand up for myself in a calm, centered way. I think that is the best way to get through to others also. So thanks so much for teaching me how to breathe through anger without forcing my breathing."--Vicki

"Thank you for a helpful year with your breathing exercises. Life has become more enjoyable. I have become more relaxed--not so much on the edge..."--Michael

"Fortunately, I do not get angry easily, but when I do, the last thing on my mind is this exercise. However, I have been able to perform it while in a mildly agitated state and found that it deepens my level of relaxation quite considerably. It has a similar effect as certain yogic breathing techniques that I practice, which also place emphasis on the out breath. A valuable tool in situations where yogic breathing is not practical or possible. I look forward to reading more of your techniques."--Raj

A Word of Caution

The exercises and practices in Breath Gym are not intended to replace the services of your physician, or to provide an alternative to professional medical treatment. Breath Gym offers no diagnosis of or treatment for any specific medical problem that you may have. Where it suggests the possible usefulness of certain practices in relation to certain illnesses or symptoms, it does so solely for educational purposes—either to explore the possible relationship of natural breathing to health, or to expose the reader to alternative health and healing approaches. The breathing practices outlined here are extremely gentle, and should—if carried out as described—be beneficial to your overall physical and psychological health. If you have any serious medical or psychological problem, however—such as  heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, mental illness, or recent abdominal or chest surgery—you should consult your physician.

Advanced Breath Gym Practices

These advanced, on-line, Breath Gym practices are available individually for an extra charge. They are foundation practices for helping you rediscover your own natural, authentic breath and require more time to learn than most of the basic Breath Gym practices. Please note: these are on-line products that you can print out for personal use.

Organ Breathing: An in-depth stretching and breathing practice for deep relaxation and the rejuvenation of all your internal organs. Available for $3.00 through our Amazon Pay Page or through our secure server.

Regenerative Breathing: Use this powerful breathing practice to help oxygenate and regenerate every cell in your body! Only $3.00 for immediate on-line access through our Amazon Pay Page or purchase through our secure server.

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Once your order is processed, you will receive one or more e-mail messages that includes individual access addresses, User Names, and Passwords for each product.

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Nutrition & Supplements for Better Breathing

In his book, The Age Free Zone, Dr. Barry Sears points out that too much insulin in your system--resulting from eating too many calories or the wrong ratio or kinds of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats--can reduce your aerobic capacity. It does this is three basic ways. First it produces too many bronchoconstrictors, which narrow our airways. Second, it constricts the capillaries around our lung tissue, which reduces oxygen flow to the cells. And third, it reduces the flexibility of our red blood cells, thus making it more difficult for them to carry oxygen to where it is needed. If you are truly interested in improving your aerobic capacity, therefore, you will need to look at what and how much you eat and begin making any necessary adjustments. Sears spells out one possible approach to this is his many books.

In his book, The Omega RX Zone, Dr. Sears discusses how high-dose, ultra-refined fish oil may be able to help with COPD, including asthma, bronchitis, and emphysema, as well as numerous other health problems. Anyone with these problems may well benefit from reading his book and starting on a high-dose fish oil program. Sears maintains that the fish oils you find in the health food stores are not potent or pure enough (they contain too many saturated fats and other substances) to be used in the high doses required for such problems, and has therefore developed his own brand using technology only recently available. Each gram of this fish oil contains 600 mg of long-chain fatty acids (twice the amount that you will find in health-food-grade fish oil capsules).

You can check out the Internet to see what brands of high-dose, ultra-refined fish oil exist (to be "ultra-refined," each gram of fish oil should contain at least 600 mg of EPA and DHA), and the fish oil should be of the highest purity with all test results available to you. Or you can learn more about or purchase the Sears Labs Omega RX formula (ultra-refined fish oil) at 1-800-404-8171, or by visiting them on the web.

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