Breathing and Your Health – A Video Lecture with Robert Litman
Entry into a relationship with one’s breath and how the body responds to the changing pressures of the flow of air is an essential component of staying healthy. giving ourselves the best chance to live fully. The importance of breathing cannot be overstated. The human body’s top priority for nourishment is breath, water and food. […]
Cannabis – THC and Effects on Breathing, Asthma, and COPD
This podcast arose out of a conversation between Robert and Shango Los about the historical evidence that cannabis had been used to alleviate the symptoms of asthma. There is curiosity about how today’s variety of ways to get cannabis in the body can be useful for this purpose. We discuss dabbing, smoking, vaping, eating and […]
Sighing and Yawning- What’s that about?
As a breathing educator and specialist for the past 30 years, now living on Vashon, the most common question I get asked is “why do I sigh and yawn so much?” Are there any benefits from these breathing activities? The questions themselves are an indication of an intuition that perhaps something isn’t quite right with […]
Breath Flows Where Imagination Goes a Podcast with Robert Litman
In this podcast I will speak to the conflicts that are happening in our political system and what it is doing to peoples breathing patterns. You may find the podcast helpful if you have been experiencing extra anxiety as of late. We discuss some breathing habits that might be contributing to keeping your nervous system […]
Breathing and Renewal a Podcast
In this Breathing and Renewal Podcast I am speaking with Koshin Chris Cain of the Puget Sound Zen Center on Vashon Island, Washington about the transformational power of breath that can occur when one brings their attention to the relationship between the movement of breath and the movement of the body
Metabolizing Life
Metabolizing Life by Carole Burstein www.livinginquirymaui.com The sum of all chemical reactions within a living organism is known as metabolism. Metabolism is a vital process for all life forms — not just humans It is present ‘from womb to tomb’. If metabolism stops, a living thing dies
Molecules of the Body and Meanings in the Psyche
Carole Burstein livinginquirymaui.com Just as the body is a whole organism whose functioning depends on complex interactions among molecules, cells, tissues, and systems, so too, the human psyche operates according to interactions among thought, feeling, images, stories, and sensory perceptions. Both ‘molecules and meanings’ offer vital clues about the Mystery of the human experience that […]
A Breathing Class?
Many people are surprised when they hear that my area of expertise, and my passion, is teaching people about the art and science of breathing. This surprise is understandable because, for most people, breathing is entirely unconscious and taken for granted. After all, you’re alive, therefore you breathe, and
The Relationship between Breathing and Anxiety
Anxiety is a terrible thing, unnerving and sometimes literally paralyzing, an enemy within. When anxiety strikes, breathing changes and the connection between breathing and anxiety becomes more obvious. Most of us experience it in some form or another, in part because we are all subject to the well-known fight or flight syndrome, a deeply buried […]
Buteyko Breathing Technique Endorsed by Dr. Joseph Mercola
Dr. Mercola talks about the Buteyko Breathing Technique Last November Dr. Mercola wrote an article for his on-line newsletter expressing his experiences learning and applying the Buteyko Breathing Technique. The Buteyko Breathing Technique, created by Dr. K. Buteyko of Russia is a scientifically proven method to help manage and reduce the symptoms of asthma (as […]
Reasons Breathing Through Your Nose is Good for You
Breathing Through Your Nose: Warms the incoming air to body temperature, the optimal temperature for the lungs. Moisturizes the incoming air, providing the lungs with approximately a liter of moisture per day. Filters the incoming air through the hairs and mucous membranes that line the nose to remove particles. Stimulates secretion of healthy mucous to […]
