INDEX

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Abdominal Breathing. See Belly breathing

acid reflux

acidity. See also PH

acidosis

Active Meditation

See also Recovery

Breath

adductor muscles

adrenaline

adversity, practicing

aerobic exercise

aging

air, composition of

air hunger

air-packing

alcohol

alkalosis

Alt, Jeremiah

alternate nostril breathing

altitude

anaerobic exercise

Ancell, Henry

animals

antioxidants

anxiety

See also Stress

Apical Breathing. See Vertical Breathing

apnea

appetite

assessment

asthma

athletes

balance and

class for

practicing adversity and

recovery and

Rhythmic Breathing and

Sports Breathing and

August, Steve

back issues

Diaphragm Extensions and

overview of

pelvic floor muscles and

poor breathing and

stretching and

Balloon Blows

baseline condition

belly breathing

belly fat

blood pressure

bloodwork carbon dioxide

Bohns, Vanessa K.

Bolton, Charlotte E.

Boyle, Kyndall L.

bracing

brain

aging and

breathing isometrics and

importance of breathing to

memory and

oxygen used by

posture and

stress and

Breath Meditation

Breath of Fire

Breath-Holding

breathing classes

Breathing for Warriors class

Breathing IQ (BIQ)

breathing styles

breathwalk

Brown, Richard

Bryan’s story

Buddhist Breathing

Buteyko Breathing

Cailliet, Rene

Campbell, Don

Candle Blows. See Exhale Pulsations

carbon dioxide

cardio exercises

Cat and Cow exercise

cell phones. See also Text Back

center of gravity

cerebellum

cervical lordosis

chaos

Chek, Paul

chest wall

chewing

childhood

Child’s Pose

Chodron, Pema

circuit training

circular breath

Clavicular Breathing. See Vertical Breathing

Coates, Budd

coccyx

cognition

Cohen, Noam

Coherent Breathing

complete Breath

conditioning

Conscious Breathing. See Perfect Breathing

consumption

contraction

COPD (chronic obstructive

pulmonary disease)

core muscles

cortisol

Costal Breathing

See also Lateral

Breathing

coughing

counting patterned breathing

cramps

cravings

Cuddy, Amy

Davies, Gwyneth A.

dementia

depression

diaphragm

Diaphragm Extensions

diaphragm spasms

diaphragmatic breathing

digestion

acid reflux and

baseline

breathing motion and

poor breathing and

stress and

Divine, Mark

dizziness

dog training

Doidge, Norman

earplugs

elastic recoil

Elephant Journal,

Elliott, David

e-mail apnea

emotions

emphysema

endorphins

endurance

energy level

Energy Wave Breathing

Engles, Lisa

erector spinae muscles

ergonomics

eustress

exercise

anaerobic

benefits of

Breathing for Warriors class and

lifting and running

oxygen consumption after

exercises (specific)

4-7-8 Breathing Exercise

for athletes

Balloon Blows

Cat and Cow

Coherent Breathing

Diaphragm Extensions

Exhale Maximizations

Exhale Pulsations

Inhale Maximizations

overview of basic

Perfect Standing Breath

Recovery Breath

Rock and Roll

sequential

Step Exhales

Tabletop Exhale

Pulsations

Tactical Breathing

Transformational

Breathing

exhalation

aging and

bracing vs.

distance from inhalation

muscles used during

pH and

when exerting energy

Exhale Maximizations

Exhale Pulsations

facial expressions

fibromyalgia

fight or flight

Fitzpatrick, M. F.

food, 116n. See also Digestion

forced expiratory capacity in one second (FEV1)

forced vital capacity (FVC)

Forward Head Posture (FHP)

4-7-8 Breathing Exercise

Framingham study

fuel, oxygen as

gasping. See also Paradoxical Breathing

Gavin’s story

gender

genetics

George, Robert

Gerbarg, Patricia

Gladwell, Malcolm

glucose

grading

Grof, Stanislav

Grossman, David

grunting

gut-sucking

Guyton, Arthur C.

gym grunts

Hall, John E.

Hamilton, Laird

hamstrings

Harms, Craig A.

healing speed, hearing

heart rate variability (HRV)

Hendler, Sheldon Saul

Herrera, Isa

high-altitude training

hippocampus

hollowing

Holotropic Breathing

Horizontal Breathing

hormones. See also Cortisol

horses

humming

hunger, air

hyoid muscles

hypertension

hyperventilating. See Over-Breathing

hypomania

hypotension

Hypoxic Breathing. See Breath-Holding

Imagination Breathing

immune system

infants

inhalation

Inhale Maximizations

injuries inner game

intercostal muscles

intercostal stretch

interval training

iPosture

irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)

isometrics

Jason’s story

jaw system

Kapandji, Ibrahim A.

Kegel, Arnold

Kegel exercises

Kornfield, Jack

Kravitz, Judith

Lateral Breathing

Lazar, Sara

lazy breathers

Lee, Al

Lee, Diane

Lee, Linda-Joy

levator scapulae

lifting

light-emitting diodes (LED)

lights, sleep and limbic system

Lion’s Breath pose

Lourdes’s story

Lower-body Breathing

lung capacity

lungs

age and

athletes and

capacity of

flexibility of

overview of

stretching and

lymphatic system

mania

martial arts

Mary’s story

massage

maximizing inhalations

McIntosh, Daniel

measures. See also Vital Lung Capacity

meditation. See also Recovery Breath

benefits of

brain and

Gavin’s story and

merkaba breathing and

rest and

short daily

melatonin

memory

Merkaba Breathing

Milan, Cesar

mindful eating

mindfulness

Mixed Breathing

mood, baseline

mouth breathing

mouth guards

mucus membranes

musical instruments

Myers, Tom

naps

Navy SEALS

neck pain

nervous system

neuroplasticity

neutral spine

Nguyen, Thong

No-Haling

nose breathing

noses

obesity

oblique muscles

On Combat (Grossman)

orthostatic hypotension

Over-Breathing (hyperventilation)

oxidative stress

oxygen

The Oxygen Breakthrough (Hendler)

pain

Palastanga, Nigel

panic attacks

Paradoxical Breathing (Reverse Breathing)

patterned breathing

Paul’s story

pectoral muscles

pelvic floor muscles

pelvis, posture and

perceived fatigue

Perfect Breathing

Perfect Standing Breath exercise

Periodic Breathing. See Breath-Holding

peristalsis

Perri, Maria

pH balance

phones. See also Text Back

physiology of Complete Breath

PICNIC mnemonic

piriformis muscle

plasticity

Positive Airway Pressure (PAP) machines

post-exercise oxygen consumption (PEOC)

posture

brain and

Forward Head Posture

improving

jaw system and

mouth breathing and

muscles of

overview of

technology and

work setting ergonomics and

Pranayama Breath

Pranic Breathing

prefrontal cortex

psoas muscles

Punx, Darma

quadratus lumborum

quadriceps muscles

reclined spinal twist

recovery

Recovery Breath

athletes and

duration of

overview of

part one of process

part two of process

results of

rectus abdominalis

Reich, Wilhelm

Reichian Breathing

REM deprivation

remote misses

reproductive system

Resistance Breathing

respiration, oxygen and

rest and digest

Reverse Breathing. See Paradoxical Breathing

reverse Kegel exercises

Rhythmic Breathing

rib-gripping

rituals

Robbins, Tony

Rock and Roll exercise

running

Sapolsky, Robert

Sarno, John E.

scalene muscles

scowling

seated spinal twist

seated twist

self-medication

senile emphysema

serotonin

sex energy

Seyle, Hans

shallow Breathing. See Vertical Breathing

Short Breathing IQ (BIQ)

shoulders

sithali

sitting, impacts of

sitz bones

slap awake

sleep

baseline

breathing during

four steps to

Gavin’s story and

No-Haling and

overview of issues

poor breathing and

snoring and

vicious cycle of

sleep apnea

snoring

Soames, Roger

Spherical Breathing

spinal twists

spine, neutral

spirometry

sports. See Athletes

Sports Breathing

standing twist

startle response

Step Exhales

stethoscopes

stress

addiction to

back pain and

baseline

belly fat and

brain and

breath-holding and

breathing as cure for

chronic

controlling

digestion and

effects of

Gavin’s story and

gender and

good

hormones and

ranking

stretching

suboccipital muscles

subscapularis muscles

superman pose

supine sleeping position

surfing

Tabletop Exhale Pulsations

Tactical Breathing

tailbone

Tao Yin Breathing

Taoist Reverse Breathing

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temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD)

temporoparietal junction

tension. See Stress

Tension Myositis Syndrome

Text Back (Forward Head Posture)

Textbook of Medical Physiology (Guyton)

Thich Nhat Hanh

thoracic Breathing

throat pain

Tidal Volume

tongue hissing

toxins, lymphatic system and

Tracey’s story

Transformational Breathing

transverse abdominis muscles

trapezius muscles

turbinated bones

twists

two-part breathing. See also Recovery Breath

ulcers

Vaughn, Dan

v-back opener stretch

Vertical Breathing

Vital Lung Capacity (VLC)

defined

Forward Head Posture and

measuring baseline

retesting

VO₂ Max

water workouts

waterfall Breathing

Weil, Andrew

West, Kathleen E.

Whybrow, Peter

Wiltermuth, Scott S.

women, stress and

Woodyard, Catherine

work setting, posture and

yoga

Yogi Complete Breath

Yogic Breath