Self-Healing With Breathwork · Using the Power of Breath to Increase Energy and Attain Optimal Wellness by Angelo, Jack -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Title Page Acknowledgments Table of Contents List of Exercises List of Illustrations Introduction

THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED THE HEALING POWER OF THE BREATH REMEMBERING THE BREATH OF LIFE THE BREATH OF UNITY LESSONS I’VE LEARNED ABOUT THE BREATH AND BREATHING ENERGY AND THE BREATH THE LIFE FORCE AND THE BREATH SUBTLE SENSING THE SCOPE OF THIS BOOK HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

Chapter 1: What We Once Knew: A History of the Breath

FROM THE BEGINNING QI PRANA AND BREATHING MEDITATION THE TRANSMISSION OF SPIRITUAL POWER THE LANGUAGE OF BREATHING— BREATH, SPIRIT, AND THE SACRED A SIGNPOST TO THE SACRED THE MYSTERY OF THE BREATH BEGINNING TO BREATHE THE WISDOM OF THE BREATH

Chapter 2: Breathing: Back to Basics

BREATH AND PHYSICAL LIFE THE BREATHING PROCESS FULL-BREATH BREATHING DISCOVERING THE POWER OF CONSCIOUS BREATHING

Chapter 3: Breathing and Subtle Energies

THE SUBTLE ROLE OF BREATHING A BODY OF LIGHT THE ETHERIC LEVEL YOUR ENERGY FIELD WHEN DIFFERENT ENERGY FIELDS MEET THE ETHERIC BODY THE SUBTLE ENERGY CENTERS THE SEVEN LIFE GATEWAYS OF THE MAIN ENERGY CENTERS THE TEMPLATE FOR THE PHYSICAL BODY THE ETHERIC LEVEL AND THE SUBTLE ENERGIES OF THE BREATH ENERGETIC HYGIENE AND THE CLOSING-DOWN PROCEDURE THE BREATHING ENERGY FIELD THE HUMAN RAINBOW

Chapter 4: Breathing and Polarity

THE SUBTLE ASPECTS OF POLARITY THE ENERGY CENTERS OF THE HANDS THE ENERGY CENTERS OF THE FEET SUN AND MOON BREATHING BALANCE AND POLARITY

Chapter 5: Breathing to Counter Stress

THE STRESS RESPONSE WHEN STRESS BECOMES A STRESSOR THE WARNING SIGNS OF STRESS BREATHING TO OVERCOME STRESS: RELAXATION BENEFITS OF THE RELAXATION RESPONSE THE SACRED IMPULSE BETWEEN THE BREATHS STRESS-RELIEF AND YOUR DAILY ROUTINE

Chapter 6: Breathing and Meditation

THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE MIND TRANSFORMATIONS OF HEART AND MIND THROUGH MEDITATION THE EXPERIENCE OF ONENESS LINKING WITH THE HIGHER SELF THE EFFECTS OF MEDITATION COMPASSION AND WISDOM THE THREE STAGES OF BREATHING MEDITATION TECHNIQUES LEADING TO THE MEDITATIVE STATE ESTABLISHING A PROGRAM FOR MEDITATION BREATHING— A POWERFUL FOCUS FOR MEDITATION DEALING WITH MEDITATION PROBLEMS BREATHING MEDITATION AND THE LAST BREATH

Chapter 7: The Healing Breath

BREATHING AT THE HEART OF HEALING BALANCE AND IMBALANCE BREATHING FOR SELF-HEALING AND HEALERS CONSCIOUS BREATHING THE POWER OF THE HEALING BREATH TO REVEAL OTHER ASPECTS OF THE SOURCE VISIONING THE ENERGY EXCHANGE DURING HEALING THE ENERGIES OF VITALITY THOUGHT, COLOR, AND THE BREATH YOUR HEART CENTER THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF THE OUT-BREATH IN HEALING BREATH AND THE JOURNEYING SOUL

Chapter 8: Your Breathing Day

THE SUBTLE ASPECTS OF FOOD HAVING AN OPEN MIND THE CREATIVE PERSON WITHIN THE BREATH OF CONNECTION BEING PRESENT AND MAKING CONNECTIONS BREATH AS A WEAPON OR AS A MEANS OF DEFENSE BREATH AS AFFIRMATION SACRED PRESENCE ENDING THE DAY WELL PREPARING FOR SLEEP DREAMS AS COMMUNION WITH THE HIGHER SELF FEELING IS THE KEY TO DREAMS

Chapter 9: The Breathing Voice: Vocalizing the Sacred

IN THE BEGINNING WAS SOUND THE VOICE PRAYER CHANT

Chapter 10: Your Breathing Environment and the Sacred

BREATHING AS NATURAL RHYTHM OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PLANET AND PLANETARY BREATHING THE SEVEN DIRECTIONS BREATHING GREEN THE NETWORK OF CONSCIOUSNESS BREATHING WITH THE SUN COMMUNICATING WITH THE ELEMENTS YOUR GIFT

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