Some background about Breathwork

Did you know that given an optimal diet, the respiratory system should be responsible for eliminating 70% of your metabolic waste? The remainder should be eliminated thru defecation 3%, urination 8%, and perspiration 19%. So, if you think that going to the bathroom everyday is important, or that working up a good sweat now and then is healthy, think again about the value of full free optimal breathing!

Did you know that most people have unhealthy breathing habits? They hold their breath or breathe high in the chest or in a shallow, irregular manner. These patterns have been unconsciously adopted, accidentally formed, or emotionally impressed. Certain "typical" breathing patterns actually trigger physiological and psychological stress and anxiety reactions!

Did you know that findings resulting from a 5,200-person clinical study group observed over a 30-year span showed that pulmonary function measurement is an indicator of general health and vigor and literally the primary measure of potential life span?

Did you know that the average person reaches peak respiratory function and lung capacity in their mid 20's? Then they begin to lose respiratory capacity: between 9 and 25% for every decade of life! So, unless you are doing something to maintain or improve your breathing capacity, it will decline, and with it, your general health, your life expectancy, and for that matter, your spirit too!

People who breathe optimally get sick less. They live a lot longer too!

"Your body never lies," says Gene Dillman, an English Rebirther. "Breathwork is an experiential, body-centered, alternative therapy." Used properly as an adjunct to psychotherapy, chiropractic treatment, nutritional counseling or appropriate physical treatment form a medical doctor, breathwork can be invaluable."

Often people who feel they're not progressing in traditional talk therapies will turn to breathwork. Maybe they're searching for depth and meaning in life that they're not finding elsewhere. Others are simply drawn by curiosity or an intense desire to find new ways to heal.

Rebirthing assists healing us mentally as well as physically. Oftentimes our pains and illnesses are caused by long held negative thoughts and emotions in our bodies. We can dislodge them using conscious breathing and bring them to the surface awareness for healing. "One person came to me with migrane headaches and she's finding that her headaches are related to self-criticism, and she's remembering that she grew up in a family with lots of criticism. So she continues to criticize herself in the way her family criticized her. And breathwork helps to resolve her anger." says one Rebirther.