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It has been claimed by alternative medicine that the human body is oxygen deprived, and so that more oxygen will remove "toxins" and even cure cancer, enhances health and well-being, including strengthening the immune system, enhancing concentration, reducing stress, increasing energy and alertness, lessening the effects of hangovers, headaches, and sinus problems, and generally relaxing the body. It has also been alleged to help with altitude sickness.

In 1999 when I lived in Germany the first Oxygen Bar opened up on my block and I recall giggling when I saw it, thinking why would someone pay for Oxygen when it exists all around us. I was also at that time attending numerous Meditation seminars and retreats and learning how to oxygenate my body and understanding the effects of what daily oxygenation can do for my body and mind while becoming aware of my breathing, controlling it and helping to manage my internal reactions simply by breathing properly! 

During the same time I also worked as a professional dancer and while at numerous rehearsals with other dancers I recall my curiosity perking up as to how so many dancers smoked cigarettes and how they often got tired and more irritable than myself after long days pushing the body in training. However each time we had a "take 5" from rehearsals majority of them would rush to the back door of theater or venue to smoke. I would join to be social and sat far enough away to simply relax and take some deep breaths. I recall imagining if those that were smoking would hold a similar device like a cigarette and inhale at the same length as they would the smoke and nicotine and exhale as deeply, they would have done 5-8 minutes of deep breathing of LIFE FORCE instead, as well probably feel just as "high" as the nicotine made them feel by the wonderful effects of oxygen! 

Years later and after some time working as a Yoga/Meditation teacher, I understand how so many people where and are indeed under oxygenated due to NOT knowing how to breath properly and having the majority of their breaths come as a reaction to emotional stimuli or simply be in automatic mode, but never really recognizing the importance of conscious breathing for health! The education of Breathing properly can do wonders for your quality of life, mentally, physically and emotionally, including your over all health.

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In the 1950's hyperbaric oxygen therapy was discovered and in a much more intensive way treatments of Oxygen where tested and used for all kinds of ailments and healing, more widely used now a days. Problems such as: Hearing issues, Chronic ulcers, Radiation injury, Neuro-rehabilitation, Cancer have been treated with this device.

My thought is, IF we were all breathing properly and giving our bodies, organs, tissues, muscles, brains etc the amount of oxygen they need one might not find themselves with one of these diseases or aliments needing treatment. 

With Oxygen Bars and Hyperbaric Chambers available we are giving people an opportunity to oxygenate their bodies and help heal, balance and repair cells, tissue etc... However if people understood how simple daily practice of Oxygenation or deep breathing exercises were, they could save a LOT of money and time in raising the level of oxygen in their bodies and do it in the comfort of their own homes!

There are numerous videos online that can assist with this, BUT, if you start in the most simple way, lying in your bed in the morning and spend 6-12 minutes inhaling slowly and deeply through your nose and exhaling slowly and deeply through the month, you will immediately begin to feel the results of how Oxygen can do it's work in high doses. 

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Breathing and Weight-loss: In a study by Ruben Meerman, a physicist and Australian TV science presenter and Andrew Brown, head of the UNSW School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences. They discovered how Weight loss has a lot to do with Breathing...

"I lost 15 kilograms in 2013 and simply wanted to know where those kilograms were going. After a self-directed, crash course in biochemistry, I stumbled onto this amazing result," he says. "With a worldwide obesity crisis occurring, we should all know the answer to the simple question of where the fat goes. The fact that almost nobody could answer it took me by surprise, but it was only when I showed Andrew my calculations that we both realized how poorly this topic is being taught."
"If you follow the atoms in 10 kilograms of fat as they are “lost,” 8.4 of those kilograms are exhaled as carbon dioxide through the lungs. The remaining 1.6 kilograms becomes water, which may be excreted in urine, feces, sweat, breath, tears and other bodily fluids, the authors report."

This not only shows how the weight we lose is processed and lost, BUT it helps to understand how Exhaling has a huge part in this weight-loss process as well!

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Breathing Vs. Massage: Deep breathing 'cuts stress as much as massage' Massage is no more effective at cutting anxiety than deep breathing and soothing music, say US researchers. The study of 68 people, reported in Depression and Anxiety, showed anxiety symptoms were halved for those given 10 massage sessions over three months. But those given relaxation therapy, which is much cheaper, improved by the same amount. Massage experts say the primary aim of massage is to treat damage to soft tissue rather than relaxation. 

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Conclusion:
Our Breath can be a game changer in our Health, Harmony and Happiness... So please take some time to discover your own breathing, in a class, a private training, online, from a book, article etc... The most important is you understand all the benefits it will give you AND you DO IT!

For more support on Breath work contact me for an Online or private training to help you get started!

Happy Breathing,
Lara Helena 
Harmonize2one.com