Free Your Breath, Free Your Life: How Conscious Breathing Can Relieve Stress, Increase Vitality, and Help You Live More Fully

209 Pages·2004·6.72 MB·English

by  Dennis Lewis

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Ways of Working with Your Breath

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Comscions Brozching

Cemtrolied Becathing,

Focused Breathing

‘Movement Supported Breathing,

Position-Supported Brsathing

“Touch-Sapportad Broathing,

Sound -Suppportee Breathing

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Opening Up the Breathing Spaces of she Body

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A Simple Experiment wich Unaccessury Tension

TFallewing, Your Breath

Openiny, Up ube Space of the Lower Back:

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Opening Up she Sprex af the Back

Opening Up the Spree ofthe Chest
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Breathe Pvermwhene at Out

Getting Ready 0 Stop

Seca Daily Schednle co Ge: ia Touch with Your
Breathing Spaves

Working with Your Beeauinys Revtitiona

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How Our Selblaage lutlaenees Our Teeaching

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‘The Houndless Bava,

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‘he leu Soceots of Authentic Breathing

‘The Importance of Breathing through Yenie Nose

“The Art of Fifon ess Eliant in Doing

‘Breathing Exercise.
A Conscious Standing Practice
A Conscious Walking Practice

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