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Proper Breathing Brings Better Health

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Re: Proper Breathing Brings Better Health

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But why not mention the book's title. Oh look it's 'Path Notes of an American Ninja Master' - https://books.google.be/books?id=sTTzcNwWqPUC&lpg=PA62&ots=I... Plenty more great quotes to be had in that book, for sure...

Like the part where he recounts his Kundalini awakening experience? Yeah, that blew me away. Even more when I realised it was real... Oh, and look, he triggered it - like many yogis - with breathing techniques...

It IS amazing what one can do to one's brain just by breathing! The laws of physics remain unchallenged by this, however.

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This is FUD, basically. Yes, don’t start squatting and deadlifting without learning how to do it properly. Yes, start light, you only have one spine and two knees. No, it is not “extremely easy” to injure yourself if you show a modicum of good sense and avoid max lifting. I agree with GP that squats and deadlifts will improve posture in a relatively short period of time. They are among the best exercises, period, for…

Disagree from my experience, it is easy to injure yourself and recovery from back injuries can be slow. I am very careful and analytical about learning new activities, read the whole of starting strength carefully and practised filming myself while learning, and still hurt my back after 4 years of squatting, probably due to a momentary lapse in form. That doesn't mean you shouldn't do it, but there are probably less…

Not much so risky as sitting all day though. Whatever you do, get off your butt.

Re: Proper Breathing Brings Better Health

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I had a nasal problem that I didn’t know about until I tried breath right strips. Wearing those things was life changing for me. I felt like a different person and honestly can’t believe I spent my entire life not realizing I had a problem. Eventually got it fixed permanently, but yea...breathing is huge. EDIT: The problem I had was called Nasal Valve Collapse. It’s something that happens in much older people, but es…

Thanks for posting this. I've experienced something similar. My nasal passages have almost always been swollen since I was 11-12. Most ENTs I'd seen over the last 15-20 years have completely failed to provide me with relief. Earlier in 2018 I visited an ENT who noted that my turbinates were "absolutely massive" and the rest of the nasal passage was swollen. Sometimes the swelling would affect the rest of my airway an…

I’m curious how often these kinds of symptoms are caused by an undiagnosed chronic viral infection.

Re: Proper Breathing Brings Better Health

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Like the part where he recounts his Kundalini awakening experience? Yeah, that blew me away. Even more when I realised it was real... Oh, and look, he triggered it - like many yogis - with breathing techniques...

It IS amazing what one can do to one's brain just by breathing! The laws of physics remain unchallenged by this, however.

> The laws of physics remain unchallenged by this, however.

Of course. Who's claiming otherwise?

Re: Proper Breathing Brings Better Health

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Thanks for posting this. I've experienced something similar. My nasal passages have almost always been swollen since I was 11-12. Most ENTs I'd seen over the last 15-20 years have completely failed to provide me with relief. Earlier in 2018 I visited an ENT who noted that my turbinates were "absolutely massive" and the rest of the nasal passage was swollen. Sometimes the swelling would affect the rest of my airway an…

I’m curious how often these kinds of symptoms are caused by an undiagnosed chronic viral infection.

It may even be a post-viral syndrome, which is virtually impossible to detect.

Re: Proper Breathing Brings Better Health

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post #71

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It IS amazing what one can do to one's brain just by breathing! The laws of physics remain unchallenged by this, however.

> The laws of physics remain unchallenged by this, however. Of course. Who's claiming otherwise?

Sorry, I'm out of time and can't engage with this further.

Re: Proper Breathing Brings Better Health

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I've been experimenting with mouth taping recently. When I'm able to use it effectively it does result in a much more restful sleep and my blood pressure seems to be lower the next day. I believe that the lowered blood pressure is due to the enhanced nitric oxide absorbed (it's produced in the sinuses). Unfortunately I'm frequently congested so it's difficult to do this without the use of a decongestant.

Do you eat dairy, soy, and/or bananas? They're all very high mucous producing foods and can impact breathing significantly.

Dairy products do not cause an increase in mucus production but can cause a thickening of phlegm [0]

[0]: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/e...

(there are numerous studies supporting the lack of an increase in mucus due to dairy which can be found by searching "milk mucus increase")

Re: Proper Breathing Brings Better Health

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I’m curious how often these kinds of symptoms are caused by an undiagnosed chronic viral infection.

It may even be a post-viral syndrome, which is virtually impossible to detect.

Sometimes it is air pollution irritating the nose, when I went to Copenhagen, I said it was the first time I was able to breath in a decade, while I was smoking at 3 am outside my hotel,Bella Sky .

Re: Proper Breathing Brings Better Health

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Wildest thing I read lately in Michael Pollen’s How to Change Your Mind was that breathing in a certain way can induce a trip similar to consuming lsd.

And which "way" of breathing is that?

In the book it was 'Holotropic Breathwork'.
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