Authentic Breathing® Resources LLC
Natural Breathing For Health, Well-Being, Longevity, and Self-Realization
Authentic Breathing® Resources LLCNatural Breathing For Health, Well-Being, Longevity, and Self-Realization
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Since my training as a teacher of natural eyesight improvement I've known that breathing is an important aspect of vision improvement. However, it took me several years to figure out how to learn to breathe better if the breathing mechanics aren't optimal. I was a shallow breather myself, and had a hard time staying aware of my breathing, never mind doing deep abdominal breathing. That was something I didn't seem able to master. I knew it was important to address the shallow breathing habit, but I simply didn't know how. When I met Michael (Mike) White, a breathing coach, I finally began to learn some really useful things about breathing. Mike taught me the techniques he uses to loosen up a chronically stuck breathing pattern, and to my amazement and delight his work made quite a big difference for me. My upper chest area lost its long held tension and breathing became effortlessly deep. With his coaching me to slow down my exhale, which increased the CO2 levels in my blood, I overcame some troublesome health issues. Neuropathy symptoms which a doctor had told me would take 6 months to heal, disappeared effortlessly in just a few days. I was duly impressed, and eager to learn more. In the course of my studies I met Dennis Lewis last year at 'The Future of Breathing', a 4 day seminar held at Kripalu Yoga Center in Massachusetts. Dennis gave me further insights, and I've found his books tremendously helpful. His ability to put all his knowledge into words gave me a clearer overall picture of natural breathing and what it involves. I now teach some of these breathing development techniques in my eyesight classes, and I'm discovering that over half of my students are having some breathing issues. Natural breathing is an important element of good natural vision. The eye's retina, if compared by weight, requires more oxygen than any other part of the body. The brain requires lots of oxygen too, and because seeing is largely a mental process, it follows that if there is insufficient oxygen supply, our vision will be negatively affected. Conversely, an abundant supply of oxygen to the eyes and brain will help us see better. The beauty of combining better vision with better breathing training is that both are dependent on re-learning dynamic relaxation. Dynamic relaxation is the kind of relaxation that healthy young children have, who still move effortlessly and graciously, as yet unaffected by the stresses of life. Their eyes are happily moving and blinking and refocusing all the time. Their breathing is effortless and from the belly. They don't have to consciously think about the way they use their eyes or their lungs, they simply do the right things automatically. They don't have muscle tension interfering with the way things are naturally meant to function. Their diets haven't yet accumulated enough toxins to interfere with proper cell function. The latter part is unfortunately changing, we're seeing more and more young children with diseases that only adults used to get. The western diet and lifestyle has a lot to answer for. That brings me to diet. Both good vision and good breathing require a healthy diet. The eyes require many nutrients to function well, and if our blood pH has the right balance, the body won't need to compensate with a change in breathing rate. As we age, we don't need to lose our sharp vision nor our ability to breathe well, but if we have lost it over time, it is possible to undo some or all of the damage by returning to healthy habits. Habits that will bring the sparkle back to our eyes, and the spring back into our lungs. For more information on Esther's work
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