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Just take a deep breath!


Robyn Openshaw - Dec 04, 2012 - This Post May Contain Affiliate Links


At the Budwig Clinic, as in many holistic cancer treatment centers all over the world I’ve studied at, there is a great deal of focus on bringing oxygen into the body. (Cancer can’t stand O2 molecules!)

One thing Dr. Jenkins teaches, as the director of the clinic in Spain, is to take 30 deep breaths a day. I have found that because I’m an adrenaline and productivity junkie—always trying to do 17 tasks at once—when I tune in, I find that I’m always breathing very shallowly. Yoga has helped me become more aware, and breathe deeply more often. At least during yoga.

When I’m running, if I get a side ache, I immediately take a few very deep breaths, and the pain goes away. It’s a lack of oxygen that causes it, so infusion of oxygen solves it.

Dr. Jenkins’ advice has provoked me to find a time during the day, when I’m driving, or working at the computer, to just take a few minutes to breathe. Here’s how you do it:

Breathe IN through the nose. Take in as much air as you possibly can—hold it a second—then take one last gulp! (Turns out you CAN take a bit more in!)

This helps you expand your lungs, and clear stale, dead gases in there, making way for fresh oxygen. (Best to do your deep breathing outside in clean air, then, although that’s not always possible.)

Put your hand on your belly, as you breathe, and make sure your expansion is in the diaphragm, below your ribs, rather than up in your chest. Feel the diaphragm expand, push out, under your hand.

Then, through the mouth now, exhale. It’ll take you several seconds, maybe even 10 seconds. To the very bottom, where you can’t push out ANY more air. Be very conscious and tune into how that feels.

Then, when you can’t exhale any more, push out just one more gust of air. WOW, you just cleaned out some toxic energy that your giant queue of emails, or your obnoxious co-worker, or your lazy chore-avoidant teenager has caused!

Now do it again. 29 more times.

You will feel amazing. You’ll wonder why you don’t do this EVERY day. Stress melts away, feels suddenly manageable.

Get addicted to this. It’ll change your life, reduce your cancer risk, and help you manage stress. Find a time you can do it every day, when you’re doing something else. Going for a walk, driving to work, lying in bed talking yourself into getting out of bed. All great times to practice this new habit.

You already know to do it. I’m just reminding you!

Posted in: Lifestyle, Mind/Body Connection, Natural Remedies

6 thoughts on “Just take a deep breath!”

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  1. Dianne Tanner says:

    Robyn you’re great !!! I wish I had half your energy and knowledge. Keep up the good work

  2. Robin says:

    Oh I just had to write after reading your blog and tell you my experience with deep breathing!

    After my last child was born (11 yrs. ago) I had some nerve damage in my back and recovery was slow. I needed a gentle exercise program and came across an infomercial for Oxycise by Jill Johnson which is a 15 min workout centered around deep breathing with each exercise.

    I ordered the first disc and loved it. Instead of the deep breath and then breathing in one more time like you suggested she does 3 extra breathes or sniffs and after practice it really is easy. I have a couple other discs but the first one is still my favorite.

    I lost weight easily and still use it to this day as it is so energizing. Especially in the late afternoon when I hit a wall…if I take time to do her 15 min workout (or even take time for some deep breathes with whatever I am doing) I immediately am re-energized.

    I never would have believed how awesome deep breathing is and how energizing it is…nor would I have believed it would help in weight loss had I not tried it. I even got a bonus CD you can do in your car with deep breathes, a few arm stretches, and moves, which is a real stress reliever in traffic or on long drives. Please note I am in no way associated with Oxycise but just was such a blessing to me and taught me so much about the importance of deep breathing during your day that I have recommended it to several friends and even bought discs for friends who were struggling with the inability to exercise due to injury or disease.

    Wish I had known about green smoothies 11 years ago…but I do now so adding that to my oxycise routine is another plus! Thanks for letting me share Robyn…so love your blogs!

    Robin in WA

  3. April says:

    Robyn,

    I love your cancer tips! Keep them coming. It really holds my interest that you are studying cancer. Good stuff. Love it!!!!!

  4. Carolyn Nelson says:

    Thank you, Robyn…I needed this! I have a really nasty habit of hardly breathing at all. Not sure where it came from, but it’s gotta be broken. If I could choose just one sign to put up all over my house, I think it would say simply, ‘Breathe!’

    You are amazing….thank you for all the good you do in the world!

  5. Pam says:

    Will you every do a show in Wisconsin? pbaumanswanson@hotmail.com

  6. Anil says:

    H2O2 IV infusions and Hyperbaric O2 Treatments can greatly help with cancer

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