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by:
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Copyright
2005 Rick Rakauskas
Your Breath and Your Body
If your intension is to create vitality
and fitness, or maybe it's to burn fat and
lean up, or maybe it's all of these things
and more, and you wish too achieve lasting
results, it can be of great benefit to you,
to be conscious of two aspects.
I. is your breath
II. is your physical body
I. Your BREATH
· Be conscious, that the way you breathe,
can either,
vitalise or devitalise,
both your physical body, and your vital
body (also known as your aura or your etheric
body).
This can have a cumulative effect on both
your "mental" and "emotional bodies".
Give thought to this!
A vast majority of us are walking around
barely breathing in enough oxygen to blow
up a balloon. No wonder the heavy feeling
of depression is modern mans new up and
coming dis-ease. Not even noticing how we
are hold our breath when we exercise, eat,
and yes - holding on to our breath when
we talk, not to mention when we are sitting
at the computer or working behind a desk
only exasperates the problem. Breathing
not only supplies oxygen, as you breathe,
the oxygen inhaled purifies your blood by
helping the removal of waste products.
Non conscious irregular breathing will severely
limit the processes which play a critical
role in your circulatory and respiratory
systems. Your heart and lungs need to work
harder. Your digestion and metabolism becomes
sluggish, and the faster you breathe, the
less you are able to live a vital life.
Oxygen deficiency is a major contributor
to the feelings of anxiety, stress, and
the onset of the disease process, leaving
all of your organs, tissues, and cells malnourished
and devitalised. All 75 Trillion of them.
It is a proven scientific fact that no disease
can live in a purely oxygenated state.
· Some benefits of "being conscious of your
breath", are.
- Conscious rhythmic breathing, increases
your rate of metabolism, which as a direct
result improves digestion, and helps promote
weight loss.
- Conscious rhythmic breathing, calms and
steadies your mind, which as a direct result
improves your focus and concentration.
- Conscious rhythmic breathing, strengthens
your immune system, which as a result enables
your body to live harmoniously within its
environment, decreasing illness and disease.
- Conscious rhythmic breathing, gives you
the ability to lower or raise your blood
pressure, which as a result, improves your
quality of living.
- Conscious rhythmic breathing, and an imposed
rhythm on the everyday life, creates wellbeing,
which as a result, creates space to experience,
joy.
As one of our most brilliant, creative,
and health conscious poets of the romantic
period so eloquently put it:
"He lives most life whoever breathes most
air"
-Elizabeth Barrett Browning
· If it is your intention to tone up and
lean up, you first of all must realise that
to burn fat you need fire, and fire needs
to breathe!
Three Points to Breath ~ an instruction
manual, say's...
More oxygen = more fire
More fire = more fuel can be burnt (fat)
More fuel can be burnt = more power
More power = the power to shape the body
This is as true to the human body as it
is to the combustion engine. Sure you can
lose weight by starving yourself, or by
minimising your fluid intake, yet with every
action there is sure to be a reaction. If
you evaporate one litre of water that your
body is holding as fluid, you may have temporarily
lost a kilogram of weight on the scales,
yet as sure as the tide will turn, so will
the fluid.
After you have decided were it is you are
going, choose the best path to get there,
and choose "Knowledge as your Companion".
II. Your PHYSICAL BODY
And FOOD.
· Be conscious that the food you eat, can
either,
vitalise or devitalise,
your physical body, which has an effect
on both your mental and emotional bodies.
Give thought to this!
· Fat is GOOD, here a few reasons why...
- Fats are accessed, consumed and used in
the regenerative and healing process.
- Fats and oils are needed to renew and
build new muscle tissue.
- Fats are the most concentrated sources
of energy in the diet.
- Fat is a fuel.
Eliminating fat from our diet, does not
ensure we will lose weight loss and gain
good health. Why is this?
Because there are different forms of fat
found in the foods we eat, and by eliminating
fat completely, we eliminate, "the most
concentrated source of energy found in the
diet". Eliminating the foods that contain
fats associated with obesity and heart disease
in your diet, and eating the "power fats",
that improve your vitality, is the way to
go.
· The singular distinction you must be aware
of is the difference between healthy "power"
fats, and unhealthy, fats.
· The two fats that you should practice
eliminating from your diet are, saturated
fats and trans fats.
Saturated Fats are fats that stay hard at
room temperature, and are mostly sourced
from eating animals and animal products.
You find them in meat, whole-milk products,
poultry skin, and egg yolks.
Coconut oil also has a high amount of saturated
fat.
Trans Fats are man made fats, and are produced
through hydrogenation, that is, heating
oils in the presence of oxygen. Many products
found on the supermarket shelf contain trans
fats, because the fats help them maintain
a longer shelf life. Margarine contains
high levels of trans fats. Unfortunately
it is not Law that product manufacturers
tell you how much trans fats their products
contain, but you can find out if it's in
a product, by looking at the ingredient
list. "Knowledge is King", and if the ingredients
contain hydrogenated or partially-hydrogenated
oils, then it contains trans fats. If the
consumer voices their opinion, and does
not buy these products, manufacturers will
be required to change their ways.
The two fats that improve vitality and well-being
are monounsaturated fats and polyunsaturated
fats. These fats come from the vegetable
kingdom, nuts and seeds, e.g. like linseed,
olive and peanut oil, cold pressed oils,
coconut oils, avocados and soy-based foods.
These fats are necessary to your body for
a variety of vital reasons: regulating hormonal
production, improving immune function, lowering
total cholesterol, lubricating joints, and
providing the basics for healthy hair, nails
and skin.
· Do you chew your food?
Food needs to be mixed with the four types
of saliva, found in the body, for optimum
absorption. Then it can be easily digested
by the body, and the nutrients absorbed
into the bloodstream. The body can only
absorb liquefied foods. If solid foods are
not made into liquids, the body cannot absorb
the nutrients, in the food.
To absorb these nutrients, the body uses
four organs of digestion, via the four digestive
juices.
I. the mouth secretes saliva (ptyalin)
II. the stomach secretes saliva (pepsin)
III. the pancreas secretes saliva (trypsin)
IV. the liver secretes saliva (gall)
There is a very old, and very wise saying,
that states.
"It's not what you eat people, it's what
you absorb!" So.
CHEW your FOOD!
Your PHYSICAL BODY,
And your FEET.
· How hard do your feet hit the earth?
The condition of your feet has an effect
on the condition of health in your body,
and your metabolism. Located on the sole
of your foot are reflex points for all of
the bodies organs. In particular, there
is a point that relates to the kidney's.
The kidney's have numerous functions to
perform in the body, with the most common
and understood function being the filtering
of waste products that are excreted in the
urine. A not so well known function of the
kidney's is to store and distribute spiritual
energy, or ancestral chi. The kidney's are
like a big battery, powering your body.
Look after them!
· So if you are of "heavy foot", lighten
up!
A favourite saying I use when I walk or
run is,
"I am as light, as a butterfly,
My feet barely touch the ground"
Keep well.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Brett J. Hayes
Core Fitness Trainer
http://www.vitalityplusaustralia.com.au
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