5. Steam-bath of urine-mixed water. f h k pt in bottles
6. Urine may be exposed to the rays o t e sun, e
and used thereafter..
Bottle half-filled with urine may be shaken briskly to mcrease 7.
the potency of the urine.
8. Urine may be inhaled through notstrils like snuff..
h. nd the disease of the patient
The constitution, age, P ys1q~e a 1 in the above methods.
must be taken into accoulnt wh!l~ a~~viseJ but the fundamentals
Similarly, other methods a so can e
must always be kept in mind..
Important Warning: Sometimes it is dangerous for a ~at~e;~et~
h h h e low blood-pressure or w o
fast-specially fort o~e w oh a;d t fast They should take light food
weak heart. Such patients s ou no · · rolong
I with drinking of urine and urine-massage. ~his may p
~h~n;eriod of treatment but in such cases, it is essential to d~ s~).
. In short, the following procedure should be followe~.
.. h ld be followed according to instructions. 1. Treatments ou.
No other medicine should be taken..
2. One should not be afraid, if during the treatmen~l t~ere ~~
3. vomiting, loose stools, or skin eruptions. They are a Signs o
the body being cleansed.
Tobacco or wine should not be taken. 4.
Hot food and refined sugar should not be taken. 5. d
White flour or its preparations should be avoide. 6.
Tin-fruits or packaged food should not be taken. 7.
Hand-pounded rice. should be taken..
8. d I) shpuld be. d milk or Vanaspati (hydrogenate Ol 9. Pasteunze
avoided. CHAPTER XI
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF AUTO-URINE
. A ~oreign_ qualified and experienced doctor who is a friend of
mme as wntten the following note of. I "..
Urination", which 1 think.
11 b. my_ artie e, Severe Pam 1n
follows : WI e mterestmg to readers. It is as
"You had written 'urine is a germicide and bein
organism itself, it is harmless"· I think th. t g a product of the h, IS s atement is quite wro t ere can be no greater illusion than this." ng as
vie: ~~~ ~ot _only my friend but practically all doctors hold this
th ·. 0 y IS prepared to exercise his brain fully. They say th +
e const1tut1on of the human bod i. a,
necessary substances and is nourish y s such that It consumes
th~ or?anism are absorbed by it and ~h~st:;;th~:~~e necbessary for
unnatlon and excreta All the t". out y way of · prac tttoners of m d d..
appear to be trained in the same school lik o e~n me tCJne
same words while giving their o... e a parrot t ey utter the
see reality and the facts accepted ~!ntons. They I are not prepared to
There is hardly anybody in the viii~:~? cf~op e all over the world.
or sixty who in childhood h b UJarat over the age of fity
urine by his' mother for c~r" as not ee~l made to drink his own
. 'ng some at ment or the other Th.
~racttce is still prevalent in the villa es of...' IS
mstitutions profess that the truth. ~-d GuJarat. But medtcal
medicine! Ever ·. ts c~n me_ to the books of modern
I I ythtng. else, tn thetr opmion, is fallacious Th
ayman a so develops the same mentality. · e
Allopathy is progressing da b d d.
great deal of re h h _Y y ay an tts practitioners make a searc es t erem. In the D b..
Diguest (published in U SA) f ecem er tssue of Soence
Institute u s A h · · :C report 0 Dr. Sames of National Heart'· ·., on t e e11ect of urine · h
thrombosis has been p bl" h d tn t e case of coronary, u ts e As compared t b nitro-glycerine half an oun f ·.. o a ta let bf, ce o auto-urtne gtves three times more
38 THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF AUTO-URINE : 39
rei ief to a patient of heart trouble. Allopaths had adopted a dogmatic
theory that as urine is expelled from body, it is harmful and is a
poision. I declare this statement as totally unsound and fallacious.
Drinking of urine has been seen to be continuously practised in
the history of mankind but never has it proved harmful in any way.
In different lands, followers of different religions and people
belonging to different <:astes and creeds have been using this nautral
fluid in their own way but never have they said anything against it.
On the other hand, drinking of urine has been adopted as a custom
in some places. There is a branch of the religious seet of Vaishnavas
in Bengal where a couple is blessed by a Guru and along with other
instructions, is asked to drink auto-urine every day. Whenever either
of the couple suffers from some physical disease he or she is
believed to have broken the vow of urine-drinking. For its
atonement, both of them are required to go on a day's fast on urine
only. If necessary they take plan water during the period of fast.
Thus the disease in the body, if any in completely eliminated. Such
a repentance has been given the name of jala-kriya.
It can well be seen now that apart from not doing any harm to
the body, urine-drinking eliminates any disease and is a sure check
for new ones.
Urine and dung of cow are considered sacred and are utilized
without any hesitation. Is human urine in any way inferior to the
urine of a cow, sheep, goat, deer or horse or even donkey? Shri
Bapalal Vaidya of Surat, declares that human urine is far better in
taste and is more hygienic than cow's urine. He cured himself of
eosinophilia with urine application for a period of five weeks. Then
why human urine be condemned as harmful? Thousands of patients
who restored their health by urine therapy are living testimonies of
the efficacy of the urine treatment. This establishes the dictum that a
grain of experience is thousand times more valuable than heaps of
mere theorization.
It is true that all the elements in urine are not necessarily useful. 40 : AUTO-URINE THERAPY
But at the same time, they are quite harmless. Human health, in
nautraf course, can be easily kept sound. By iff-dieting and faulty
living man invites diseases. As a disease attacks the body, nutritive
elements in the body are washed out, through urine. Most of it is
urea. It is quite surprising that doctors condemn urine which
contains most of urea and at the same time prescribed artificial urea
to the patient! Besides urea, urine also contains, traces of alkaline
hormones. The doctors are ingnorant about them, and so they do not
try to replenish them ever artificially.
Moreover, hafmfuf toxins in the body, due to the disease, also
form part of the urine composition. But in accordance with the
principle of Homoeopathy, i.e., "poison kills poison", the same
antibodies taken in auto-urine kill the previous poison in the body
and serve a very useful purpose. In this way urine also acts as an
'antibody' or 'antigen'. Auto-urine whatever its composition, acts as
a healer for the patient.
However, I do not cl~im complete knowledge of the subject and
am no authority on it. But I have strong faith in this therapy an6i after
witnessing thousands of cases, I dare declare : "Auto-urine is useful
to the patient. It is a fact and not a fallacy. Actually our wrong notion
indeed is harmful." · CHAPTER XII
DANGER-SIGNALS AND CAUTIONS
The actions and reactions during the course of urine treatment
have already been mentioned along with cases. In spite of that I
receive many letters asking questions about them. People go throu~h
the book without properly understanding the points clearly stated m
it. That is why they repeatedly ask the same questions, though they
have been already discussed in the book. So it is worth while to
write about the danger-signals and cautions in this chapter. Rreaders
are requested to go through them attentively before the
commencement of the treatment.
1. After five or seven days of rubbing of


abused	by	authority	clash	with	one	another.	In	this	fog	of
confusion	they	cannot	take	responsibility	for	their	own	motivations	and
desires,	and	the	afterlife	may	frighten	or	baffle	them.
Being	disconnected	is	an	illusion	from	the	soul’s	perspective,	and
however	long	it	may	take,	the	person	eventually	prepares	to	leave	the	region
of	Lokas.	Understanding,	symbolized	by	light,	begins	to	dawn.	In	clarity	you
realize	that	“I	am”	is	your	basis,	not	the	things	you	did.	You	no	longer
identify	with	being	a	certain	person;	you	now	identify	with	being	conscious,
and	what	fills	your	mind	is	fresh	possibilities.	The	karma	you	brought	into	the
last	lifetime	has	been	exhausted,	and	fresh	seeds	of	karma	are	ready	to	sprout.
Being	reborn	enters	your	mind	gradually.	For	a	long	period	(speaking
subjectively)	you	experience	bliss,	or	Ananda;	you	have	gained	pure	being,
which	brings	its	own	fulfillment	regardless	of	any	karma,	good	or	bad.	You
find	yourself	in	the	same	gap	as	the	one	between	two	thoughts,	only	this	time
you	are	aware	of	uncountable	possibilities	from	which	to	choose.	How	do	you
choose	the	next	life?	Through	the	same	process	as	choosing	the	next	thought.
We	do	this	all	the	time,	yet	we	don’t	know	how	we	do	it;	the	next	thought
emerges	from	the	gap,	the	purely	unknown.
You	will	witness	as	the	dream	of	a	new	identity	begins	to	clothe	you,	and
you	will	fall	into	your	next	life	in	complete	surrender	to	past	actions	that	you
still	know	almost	nothing	about.	But	all	of	us	can	take	a	more	active	role	in
how	we	reincarnate.	In	the	gap,	when	every	possibility	confronts	us,	choice
lies	among	those	possibilities.	The	elaborate	rituals	in	the	Tibetan	Book	of	the
Dead	aren’t	designed	to	get	a	kind	person	to	a	nice	heaven	and	a	better	next
lifetime.	They	are	designed	to	make	freedom	of	choice	real,	to	bring	the
person	fully	aware	into	the	gap	so	that	karma	can	be	shaped,	controlled,	or
even	fully	resolved.Freeing	Yourself
What	will	it	be	like	to	find	yourself	in	the	gap?	I’d	like	to	answer	that	from
personal	experience.	A	year	ago	I	was	sitting	on	an	airplane	in	a	bewildered
state	of	mind.	During	a	short	layover	in	the	Midwest	I	found	myself	without
something	to	read.	I’d	looked	over	the	airport	newsstand,	but	nothing	on	the
racks	appealed	to	me.	When	I	boarded	my	next	flight,	intending	to	pass	the
time	by	writing,	I	discovered	that	my	notebook	and	handheld	computer	had
been	packed	away	in	a	suitcase.	Something—fate,	circumstance,	a	clumsy
oversight—had	placed	me	alone	for	four	hours.
Without	notice	or	permission,	a	subtle	mental	voice	started	to	guide	me.	It
gave	me	a	glimpse	into	how	my	mind	works	when	it	has	no	distractions
around.	What	I	saw	was	very	basic.	There	is	a	thought	in	the	mind	and	then
another,	and	then	another	and	another.	Thoughts	can	be	gripping	or	pass	by
unnoticed;	they	can	be	strong	or	weak,	momentous	or	casual,	frivolous	or
serious.	The	guiding	voice	pointed	all	this	out	in	a	few	seconds.
Now,	what	is	the	proper	way	to	relate	to	your	mind?
	the	voice	asked.
Should	you	always	do	what	it	says?	Clearly	not,	for	we	have	all	kinds	of
thoughts	that	are	irrelevant	or	fantastic.	Should	we	ignore	what	it	says?	No
again,	because	the	mind	gives	us	all	the	desires	upon	which	we	build	our
lives.
There	is	no	single	way	to	relate	to	the	mind
.	You	can’t	take	a	stance	that
will	always	work.	When	people	decide	arbitrarily	to	be	optimists,	they	may
miscalculate	when	it	comes	to	serious	crises,	evildoing,	wars,	personal
conflicts,	etc.	If	they	decide	arbitrarily	to	be	pessimists,	they	will	miss	many
opportunities	for	joy,	fulfillment,	hope,	and	faith.
My	mental	guide	showed	me	this,	and	I	was	intrigued.	It	would	appear
that	being	spiritual	is	one	stance	that	works,	yet	there	are	situations	where
even	being	spiritual—tolerant,	loving,	accepting,	and	detached	from
materialism—won’t	work	at	all.	A	parent	can’t	simply	accept	and	love	a	child
addicted	to	cocaine,	for	example;	active	intervention	is	called	for.	A	thousand
other	examples	come	to	mind.	Love	won’t	defeat	torturers;	tolerance	won’t
stop	the	excesses	of	fanatics.	A	person	must	find	an	infinitely	flexible	way	to
relate	to	the	mind;	otherwise	something	gets	lost.	The	most	precious	gift	of
the	mind—its	total	freedom—is	the	source	of	our	creativity.
Now,	my	mental	guide	said,	look	at	the	world.	Isn’t	it	the	same	as	the
mind?	The	same	unpredictability	prevails,	and	therefore	you	cannot	take	a
fixed	attitude	toward	the	world	that	works.	People	who	are	congenitally
optimistic	about	the	future	are	as	shortsighted	as	people
who
	are	congenitally
pessimistic.	Go	one	step	further.	Karma	is	also	unpredictable,	and	it	too
cannot	be	approached	single-mindedly.	To	fight	your	karma	is	just	as
frustrating	as	accepting	your	karma.
At	this	point	the	sun	had	set	and	the	plane	cabin	was	empty	and	dark.	Icould	see	the	last	band	of	blue-orange	light	circling	the	horizon.	My	mental
guide	wasn’t	an	accident	or	a	daydream.	I	realized	that	for	a	long	time	I’d
wanted	to	know
how	it	all	works
.	The	answer	is	that	mind,	the	world,	and
Karma	are	the	same	thing,	perfect	mirrors	of	one	another.	Their	complexity	is
impossible	to	fathom.	Their	infinite	connections	can	never	be	mapped	out,
and	even	if	they	could	be,	the	next	tick	of	the	clock	will	bring	a	new,	equally
infinite	set	of	possibilities.
That	realization	is	as	close	as	I’ve	ever	come	to	being	in	the	gap	where	a
new	lifetime	is	chosen.	The	gap	is	pure	freedom,	and	when	you	see	that	you
are	completely	free,	choices	change.	Some	souls	want	to	remain	completely
unattached;	they	choose	Moksha,	or	liberation	from	a	physical	body	and	the
karma	it	acts	out.	Other	souls	cherish	Moksha	but	want	to	enjoy	it	while
possessing	a	body.	They	choose	to	reincarnate	with	complete	self-awareness
—we	call	them	enlightened.	The	rest	of	us	fall	somewhere	else.	We	cherish
being	free,	but	we	also	want	new	experiences.	So	we	let	Karma	weave	a	new
story	for	us.	We	keep	some	self-awareness	and	sacrifice	some.	We	agree	to
acquire	amnesia	about	“I	am”	in	exchange	for	the	drama	of	being	a	separate
person	with	likes	and	dislikes,	challenges	and	opportunities.
The	new	life	we	clothe	ourselves


 dissolved in milk.
For making the milk Laghu Paki (easily digestible), Sunthi Ksirapaka – from
dry ginger
Ardraka Ksirapaka – from wet ginger
Exception for Ksheerapaka
For Ksirapaka, herbs with sour and salt tastes are not used.
Milk with salt and sour foods/herbs is contra indicated.
Drug is mixed after making it into coarse powder (Yavakuta Churna) form.
Always Ksira paka has to be prepared in mild temperature so that sensitive active
principles may not get spoiled with high temperature.
It can be administered by mixing appropriate quantity of sugar.
Ksheerapaka – Denition, Formula
1 part herb + 8 part of milk + 32 part water S Boil till milk remains. Filter
Drink.•
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•= 10 grams + 80 ml milk + 320 ml water S boil till 80 ml nal product S
lter and use.
1 part herb + 15 part of milk + 15 part of water S boil till milk remains.
Filter drink.
Vagbhata’s Exception
Ashtanga Sangraha kalpa Sthana 8/12
Vagbhata – When milk is added to herbs along with water, with the presence
of milk, the extraction of phyto-chemicals from the herbs into the media of milk
and water does not happen suitably.
Hence, rst do kashaya. en add milk and boil.
But this is not accepted. As, even in making herbal ghee or oil, the ghee/ oil is
added along with water and herbs.
Another purpose of making ksheerapaka is to extract fat and water soluble
extractive of herbs.
If milk and water are together boiled, then this aim is achieved.
If rst water is used alone, the end product will have only the water soluble
extractives.
Examples
Arjuna Ksheerapaka
Arjuna – Terminalia arjuna – Stem bark – 1 Part
Go – Kshira – cow milk 8 Parts
Jala – water – 32 Parts
Method of Preparation•
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•
•All the drugs are boiled together over mild re until only milk part remain
It is later ltered and used.
Dosage, adjuvant and therapeutic utility.
It is given in 2 pala (96 g) quantity along with sugar, honey etc. It is
useful in all diseases of heart. It is also found useful in bone fractures.
Garlic – Lashuna Ksheera Paka
Dosage, Adjuvant Ant erapeutic Utility
It is given in 2 pala (96 g) quantity along with sugar, honey, etc.
Method of Preparation – 4 Palas of Dehusked and dried Lasuna is boiled by
adding 8 times of milk and water and reduced to the quantity of milk.
is medicated milk immediately cures.
Vata – Gulma
Udavarta – Upward movement of wind
Gridhrasi – Sciatica
Vishama Jvara – Recurrent fever
Hrid rogam – Heart disease
Vidradhi – Abscess and
Shotha – Oedema
It is good
Agnidipaka – promotes digestion strength
Amapacaka – digests Ama – a product of altered digestion and
metabolism•
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•Useful in
Amavata – Rheumatoid arthritis
Jvara – fever,
Sandhivata – osteo arthritis etc.
Bhallataka – Marking nut – Semecarpus anacardium Ksheerapaka – used for anti
aging purpose.
Ashoka (Saraca asoca) milk for menstrual disorders with pain and heavy
periods.
Ingredients of Kutaja Ksheerapaka
Kutaja Twak Churna – Pieces or Coarse powder of Kutaja Bark (Bark of
Holarrhena antidysenterica) – 2 pala quantity (96 grams approximately).
Aja Ksheera (milk of goat) – 2 pala quantity (96 grams approximately).
Jala (water) – 4 sharava quantity (8 pala or 384 grams approximately),
i.e. 4 times that of milk.
e dry bark of Kutaja should be taken in the mentioned quantity and
cleansed of its impurities.
e bark should be pounded so as to obtain its coarse powder.
is powder of Kutaja bark is added to a big vessel consisting of water in
the above said quantity.
e vessel is heated on moderate re to prepare until 1/4 of water
remains in the form of the decoction of Kutaja. e remaining liquid or
ltrate will be 2 pala i.e. 96 grams approximately (same as the quantity
of milk taken).
is Kutaja decoction is ltered so as to separate the solid ingredients
(powder of bark). e ltrate is collected in another sterile vessel.•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•To this ltrate, the goat’s milk is added in the mentioned quantity.
e combination of milk and decoction of Kutaja are once again heated
on mild (moderate) ame of re until only milk remains. is means to
tell that the entire water should evaporate and only milk should be left
over. 96 grams of milk and 96 grams of decoction of Kutaja are heated
until 96ml of water i.e. the part of decoction evaporates leaving behind
half of the total ingredients, i.e. milk.
is processed milk is called Kutaja Ksheerapaka.
It is served warm.
e recipe should be added with 8 masha (8 grams approximately)
madhu (honey) and stirred well before administration.
Dose
e nal preparation of 96 ml shall be divided into 2 doses of equal
volume and administered to the patient. e second dose shall not be
given after 2 and half or 3 hours of preparation, it shall be given within
that period (since it is a milk preparation).
In severe cases of diarrhea (chronic) or colitis or dysentery, the whole
dose (96 grams) shall be given at one shot.
Every time the ksheerapaka should be prepared fresh. Large quantity i.e.
96 grams is prepared at once because if more doses is required it has to
be prepared again, and it is a diﬃcult and time consuming preparation.
Kutaja Ksheerapaka should neither be preserved nor be carried over to
the next part of the day or next day. If some medicine remains, it shall be
disposed.
e medicine should not be re-processed or refrigerated. It would lose its
properties by doing so.•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•Generally 1 or 2 doses would suﬃce for a day. In chronic and stubborn
cases, more doses shall be planned.
Benets of Kutaja Ksheerapaka – explained by Article by Dr. Raghuram Y.S.
MD (Ay) & Dr. Manasa, B.A.M.S.
Kutaja Ksheerapaka is used in eﬀective treatment of –
Atisara – Diarrhea
Grahani – Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), Sprue, diseases of small
intestine caused by metabolic errors
Pravahika – Dysentery
Raktatisara – Bloody diarrhea, Ulcerative Colitis, Colitis
Kutaja is the best remedy for diarrhea and dysentery. It checks loss of
uids and blood. It restores health and energy. Since the medicine is
prepared with milk, it also nourishes and replenishes the system apart
from curing the colon diseases. Kutaja Ksheerapaka is thus a multi –
dimensional medicine. It is also anti-inammatory in nature.
Turmeric Milk
Haridra ksheerapaka eﬀective against various kinds of poisons –
Basavarajeeyam 3
Turmeric with milk is administered in various allergic dermatitis,
rhinitis.31. Arjuna Heart Tonic –
Ayurvedic Home Remedy for
Heart Care
Y
Arjuna (Terminalia arjuna) is the most widely used for treatment of heart
ailments in Ayurveda. Take any Ayurvedic medicine for heart; you will see
Arjuna as an ingredient. ere are many traditional Ayurvedic home remedies
for heart care made with Arjuna. Let us learn about a simple Arjuna – milk
heart tonic.
Ingredients
Arjuna (Bark of the plant – Terminalia arjuna) – co arse powder – 10 g rams
Boiled and cooled milk – 80 ml
Water – 320 ml
How to prepare?
Take milk and coarse powder of Arjuna bark in a wide mouthed vessel.
Note down the height of the milk in the container, with the help of a spoon
or a measuring scale.
Add 320 ml water to it.
Start boiling this liquid in mild heat. Stir it continuously.
You have to boil and evaporate


-alarm hot.
H e a l t h y  G i a n t
Prep time: About 3 min • Juicing time: 2 min • Yield: 2 servings
Ingr edients
2 tomatoes
1 cup packed spinach
3 broccoli spears
2 celery stalks
1 piece (1-inch) peeled ginger
1 zucchini
1/4 cup plain yogurt1 tablespoon ﬁnely chopped fresh parsley
Dir ections
1 Cut the tomatoes and broccoli if necessary to ﬁt the juicer feed
tube.
2 Turn on the juicer and place a jug under the spout.
3 Working on a slow speed, process the tomato, spinach,
broccoli, celery, ginger, and zucchini.
4 Whisk in the yogurt. Pour the drink into 2 glasses, garnish each
with parsley, and enjoy!
Per serving: Calories 91 (From Fat 13); Fat 1g (Saturated 1g); Cholesterol 2mg; Sodium 116mg;
Carbohydrate 17g (Dietary Fiber 1g); Protein 6g.
C r e a m y  B e e t
Prep time: About 3 min • Juicing time: 2 min • Yield: 2 servings
Ingr edients
1 cup packed spinach
1/2 lemon
4 green onions
2 celery stalks
1 zucchini
3 beets
1 cup plain yogurt
1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil
Dir ections
1 Peel the lemon, leaving the white pith on.2 Cut the zucchini and beets if necessary to ﬁt the juicer feed
tube.
3 Turn on the juicer and place a jug under the spout.
4 Working on a slow speed, process the spinach, lemon, onions,
celery, and zucchini. Use the celery and zucchini to help push
the spinach through the feed tube.
5 Increase the speed to high and process the beets.
6 Whisk in the yogurt. Pour the drink into 2 glasses, garnish each
with basil, and enjoy!
Per serving: Calories 188 (From Fat 23); Fat 3g (Saturated 1g); Cholesterol 7mg; Sodium 317mg;
Carbohydrate 33g (Dietary Fiber 2g); Protein 12g.
Tip: Alternate the spinach with the onions and celery to get the
most juice from the leaves.
Snack Juices
We get energy from the foods we eat. The same basic rule of
computers applies to our bodies: Garbage in, garbage out.
Juicing is a great way to quickly send nutrients to cells via the
bloodstream, without taxing the digestive system. Drinking
juices for between-meal snacks quickly brings your energy
levels back to optimum. And it gets better, because by gradually
releasing blood sugars into your body, the effect lasts longer
than it would if you were to eat a reﬁned-sugar snack.
Plus, pure vegetable juices don’t add a caloric burden to your
daily food intake. You can drink them morning, afternoon, and
night without adding excessive amounts of fat or sugar to your
system.Choose a juicer that ﬁts your lifestyle
In order to get the juice out of those ﬁve fruits or veget ables and into your
glass, you need a juicer. When you’re in the market for a juicer, you need
to think carefully about what you want out of it and what you want it to do.
Do you want to juice only occasionally, maybe on weekends  or as a way
to make tasty party drink mixers? If so, a cent rifugal  juicer may be best.
Even if you want to juice daily, becaus e of its ease of use and cleanup,  a
centrifugal juicer is a great choice.
On the other hand, if you’re in it for optimal nutrition and daily juicing or
juicing for health more than once a day, and if you want to use juicing to
detoxify or cleanse on a yearly or twice-yearly basis, you shoul d cons ider
either a single- or twin-gear juicer. You’ll get the highes t possible qual ity
of juice out of that machine.
Turn to Chapter 3 for more information on types of juicers, what makes
them different, and features to look for.
S e e d  P o w e r
Prep time: About 2 min • Juicing time: 2 min • Yield: 2 servings
Ingr edients
2 kale or Swiss chard leaves
1/2 English cucumber
4 carrots
3 broccoli spears
1 apple
1/4 cup ﬁnely ground raw almonds
2 teaspoons raw pumpkin seeds2 teaspoons raw sunﬂower seeds
Dir ections
1 Cut the broccoli and apple if necessary, to ﬁt the juicer feed
tube.
2 Roll each kale leaf lengthwise along the stem to make it easier
to juice.
3 Turn on the juicer and place a jug under the spout.
4 Working on a slow speed, process the kale leaves, using the
cucumber to push them through the feed tube.
5 Increase the speed to medium and process the carrots,
broccoli, and apple.
6 Stir the almonds into the drink. Pour into 2 glasses, garnish
each with pumpkin and sunﬂower seeds, and enjoy!
Per serving: Calories 227 (From Fat 86); Fat 10g (Saturated 1g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 69mg;
Carbohydrate 33g (Dietary Fiber 3g); Protein 8g.
V e g g i e  P o w e r
Prep time: About 2 min • Juicing time: 2 min • Yield: 2 servings
Ingr edients
1/2 lemon
1/2 small red cabbage
2 pears
2 carrots
2 celery stalks
2 teaspoons raw sunﬂower seedsDir ections
1 Peel the lemon, leaving the white pith on.
2 Cut the cabbage and pears if necessary, to ﬁt the juicer feed
tube.
3 Turn on the juicer and place a jug under the spout.
4 Working on a slow speed, process the lemon.
5 Increase the speed to medium and process the cabbage, pears,
carrots, and celery.
6 Stir the drink, pour into 2 glasses, garnish each with sunﬂower
seeds, and enjoy!
Per serving: Calories 192 (From Fat 23); Fat 3g (Saturated 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 94mg;
Carbohydrate 44g (Dietary Fiber 4g); Protein 4g.
C a l c i u m  R u l e s
Prep time: About 2 min • Juicing time: 2 min • Yield: 2 servings
Ingr edients
4 broccoli spears
1 small bok choy
3 celery stalks
3 pears
2 tablespoons ﬁnely ground almonds
1 tablespoon ﬁnely crumbled feta cheese
Dir ections
1 Cut the broccoli, bok choy, and pears if necessary, to ﬁt the
juicer feed tube.2 Turn on the juicer and place a jug under the spout.
3 Working on a medium speed, process the broccoli, bok choy,
celery, and pears.
4 Stir the almonds into the drink. Pour into 2 glasses, garnish
each with feta cheese, and enjoy!
Per serving: Calories 283 (From Fat 56); Fat 6g (Saturated 1g); Cholesterol 4mg; Sodium 428mg;
Carbohydrate 55g (Dietary Fiber 4g); Protein 12g.
Tip: Adults need 1,000 mg of calcium and children need 800 to
1,300 mg every day. Broccoli has almost as much calcium as milk.
If you add in plain yogurt, you’ll double the calcium in this
delicious snack.
S w e e t  P o t a t o  S m a c k
Prep time: About 2 min • Juicing time: 2 min • Yield: 1 serving
Ingr edients
1/2 lemon
2 carrots
1 long, lean sweet potato
1/4 green cabbage
1 apple
2 teaspoons sesame seeds
Dir ections
1 Peel the half lemon, leaving the white pith on.
2 Peel the potato. Cut the potato, cabbage, and apple if necessary
to ﬁt the juicer feed tube.
3 Turn on the juicer and place a jug under the spout.4 Working on a slow speed, process the lemon.
5 Increase the speed to medium and process the carrots, sweet
potato, cabbage, and apple.
6 Stir the drink, pour into 2 glasses, garnish each with sesame
seeds, and enjoy!
Per serving: Calories 162 (From Fat 18); Fat 2g (Saturated 0g); Cholesterol 0mg; Sodium 49mg;
Carbohydrate 36g (Dietary Fiber 9g); Protein 4g.
Digestive and After -Dinner Juices
When your digestive system is working well, all is well in your
body. Digestion starts in your mouth with chewing and breaking
down the food. Drinking juice gives you a jump on this ﬁrst step
because the ﬁber is already separated from the liquid in fruits
and vegetables.
You can move your digestion


 126, 127, 138
 heart attack 263
 nervous system 276
 pregnant women 241
 pressure receptors 19
 puberty 217
 revival reflex 10
plantar fascitis 311
PMS & menstrual problems 51, 55, 221,
 236, 285pregnancy & childbirth 51, 55, 57, 238-41,   291
pressing 169
pressure sensors & signals 8-10, 13, 18-21,
 58, 290-1
principles of reflexology 13
prostate, enlarged 55, 245
prostate reflex area see uterus/prostate
 reflex areas
psoriasis 257
puberty 217
Referral areas & zones 22-5
reflex areas 18
 targeting 71, 184, 192-3, 250
 see also  maps & charts; specific areas
  (eg spine reflex areas)
reflexes & reflexive actions 16, 20, 21, 290-1
reflexology sessions see sessions
rejuvenation 20, 289-91 feet 44, 57, 292-3, 302-9
 hands 44, 314-25
relaxation & tension relief anxiety & depression 254
 digestive system functioning 264
 foot relaxer workouts 294-301
 hand relaxer workouts 316-19, 322-5
 keyboarding 180-1, 329
 mini-sessions 189, 194-7, 199, 251
 relaxation exercises 178-81, 309
 session goals 69, 230
 simple relaxation 232-3
 spa-at-home experiences 62, 232-3, 308
 strategies 250-1
 women 230, 232-3
 see also  stress
relaxation response 13, 20, 42, 56repetitive strain injuries 63, 64-5, 220, 328,
 329
reproductive reflex areas see specific
 areas (eg ovary/testicle reflex areas)
reproductive system 193, 284-5
research studies 19-20, 42, 46, 48, 51, 54-5,
 184, 252, 302
respiratory system 193, 250, 280-3
roads & sidewalks 58, 60
rocks see stones & rocks
rollers 57, 168 see also  foot rollers
rotating-on-a-point 77, 118, 308
 see also  circling
rubber balls 168, 202
Sacral vertebrae skeletal reflex areas 34, 35
sciatic nerve reflex areas
 foot self-help sequences 118, 119, 121
 foot sequences 100, 101, 107
 lower backache 240
 maps 26, 27, 29, 342
 musculoskeletal system 273
self-help 48 foot rejuvenation 306-8
 foot rollers 162-5, 229, 237, 245 foot sequences 108-21
 foot tools 52, 162-7, 230
 hand desserts 142-5
 hand rejuvenation 320-5
 hand relaxer workouts 322-5
 hand sequences 146-61
 hand tools 52, 57, 168-9, 202, 230
 health concerns
see specific health
  concerns (eg headaches)
 keyboarding 180-1, 329
 men 244-5, 246, 247
 pregnant women 57, 238, 241
 reproductive system 285
 senior citizens 223, 227, 228, 229
teenagers 216-21 tired feet 57, 302-5
 tired hands 320-5
 urinary system 287
 women 235, 236, 237, 238, 241
 see also  golf-ball techniques; specific
  techniques (eg percussion)
senior citizens 46-7, 48, 55, 70, 194, 222-9,   251, 291
sensors & signals 8-10, 13, 18-21, 58, 290-1
sensory-motor cortex 276
sessions babies 70, 202
 children 69, 70, 194, 202, 208
 equipment 69, 70, 233
 men 242
 senior citizens 222
 targeted mini-sessions 183-99
 teenagers 216
 women 230-1
 see also  foot workouts; hand
  workouts
shingles 258
shock 191
shoes 60-1, 291
shoulder blade, skeletal reflex areas 35
shoulder reflex areas foot maps 26, 27, 28, 29, 272, 336
 foot-roller technique 163
 foot self-help sequences 120
 foot sequences 86, 87, 88, 89, 104
 golf-ball technique 172, 176
 hand maps 30, 31, 32, 33, 272, 336
 hand self-help sequences 150, 151, 159
 hand sequences 130, 131, 140
 musculoskeletal system 272, 273, 274
 skeletal reflex areas 35
 tops of the shoulders reflex areas 28,
  29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 86, 87
side-to-side (foot dessert) bladder problems 193
 children 209
 foot relaxer workouts 294, 298, 299, 301
 left foot sequences 102, 103, 104, 105, 106
 mini-sessions 195, 196, 199
 right foot sequence 84, 85, 87, 89, 91, 95,
  101
 stress 218, 224INDex 351 technique 78
side-to-side (hand dessert) see finger side-
 to-side
side-to-side rock 178
sidewalks & roads 58, 60
sigmoid colon reflex areas 27, 30, 93, 104
sinus problems 48, 258
sinus reflex areas
 foot maps 26, 27, 28, 29, 332
 foot-roller technique 163
 foot self-help sequences 108, 109, 116,
  117, 121
 foot sequences 84, 85, 96, 97, 107
 golf-ball technique 170, 175, 177
 hand maps 30, 31, 32, 33, 332
 hand self-help sequences 146, 147, 154,
  155, 159, 161
 hand sequences 126, 127, 134, 135, 138-
  9, 140
 headaches 252
skeleton & skeletal reflex areas 34-5
skills development & practice 52-3, 56
sleep 207, 257
small intestine reflex areas children 212
 constipation 229, 267
 digestive system 264
 flatulence 267
 foot maps 26, 27, 264, 339
 foot-roller technique 165, 229
 foot self-help sequences 112, 113, 121
 foot sequences 92, 93, 104, 105
 golf-ball technique 173, 177, 229, 267
 hand maps 30, 31, 264, 339
 hand self-help sequences 152, 153, 160,
  161
 hand sequences 132, 133, 140
 irritable bowel syndrome 266
solar plexus reflex areas acne 218
 anxiety & depression 191, 254
 arthritis 223
 babies 203, 206, 207
 breathing 101, 107
 cardiovascular system 260, 261
 children 211
 constipation 267
 foot maps 26, 27, 260, 336
 foot self-help sequences 111, 120
 foot sequences 88, 89, 103
 golf-ball technique 170, 244, 266
 hand maps 30, 31, 32, 33, 260, 336
 headaches 253
 heartburn 266
 hiatus hernia 266
 high blood pressure 262
 insomnia 257
 mini-sessions 195, 196, 199, 251
 pinching webbing 227, 254, 262
 shock 191
 sleep 207
 stress & tension relief 189, 218, 225,
  244, 251sole-mover foot relaxer workouts 299
 foot sequences 87, 89, 91, 99, 103, 105, 106
 stress 225
 technique 80
sore throat 259
spinal cord 64, 276, 277
spinal twist children 209
 foot relaxer workouts 299
 foot sequences 95, 101, 103, 106
 relaxation mini-sessions 195
 stress 225
 technique 79
spine reflex areas children 212
 depression 219
 foot maps 26, 27, 28, 29, 272, 343
 foot-roller technique 163
 foot self-help sequences 114, 115
 foot sequences 94, 95, 99, 106
 golf-ball technique 166


 growth may be stimulated.
Nevertheless, even with cancer it is still good to have an occasional overheating bath followed by sweating.
Cancer cells and viruses are weakened and start dying over 40-41ºC while normal cells can withstand higher temperatures. This
explains the curative effect of high fever on cancer and infectious diseases. In home treatment fever can be simulated by overheating
baths.
Start with a very warm bath and slowly add hot water to reach 42ºC. Initially remain only up to 10 minutes at the maximum
temperature but gradually extend this to 20-30 minutes. If you want to continue with a regular overheating treatment, then increase
the temperature by 1ºC each week up to a maximum of 47ºC.
If the weekly temperature increase is too severe, increase more gradual ly. If the maximum temperature cannot be reached, then just
extend the duration at your highest possible temperature to one hour. The Japanese traditionally bathe at 48ºC. First-degree burns
start at 50ºC. During and after the bath drink several glasses of water to make up for ﬂuid losses. The body should be completely
immersed but the forehead may be cooled with a cold cloth.
As a safety precaution keep the bathroom door open and have a helper close by. You are safe while lying in the water; the danger
arises when leaving the bath. Therefore, strictly observe the following rules:
1. If you must leave the bath suddenly, immediately lie down again in front of the bath;
2. Normally remain in the bathtub until all the water has been drained;
3. Alternatively add cold water until the bath water feels only warm.
In any case, dry yourself only while sitting, never standing, afterwards cover with sheets and blankets and sweat for up to one hour.
Do not use overheating baths in very weak conditions.
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Excellent for relaxation; stay in a warm bath for 10-20 minutes. Fragrant  oils may be added. Staying in a hot or warm bath for longer
than 30 minutes is exhausting. If stimulation is desired, a warm or hot bath should be followed by a cold bath, a cold sitz bath or a
cold shower; you may also use hot and cold alternating showers or cold-water sponge rubs. Cold-water stimulation is especially
important for low blood pressure and distended veins.
Sitz Bath
To improve elimination and the cond ition of the sexual glands and organs, a cold sitz bath is excellent. After warming the body by
exercise, a hot bath or shower, sit for one minute in about 8 inches of cold water. Gradually, the sitting time may be increased to three
minutes. Keep the feet out of the water.
Showers
For general stimulation and improving the circulation, use alternating hot and cold showers, alternating about three times between hot
and cold, and starting with hot and ending with cold.
Foot Baths
To increase the circulation with burning or aching feet, mix some tannic acid or mustard powder into a hot footbath; to keep the feet
warm, some cayenne pepper may be added instead. Generally, for leg problems, have alternating hot and cold footbaths.
Cleanse the Aura
Use a cold shower in a way that your feet do not stand in the water that is running off your body. Use unchlorinated water. You may
also stand naked on a grid or a raised structure in a heavy rain shower. Alternatively, straddle a creek or stand on a rock while a
friend pours buckets of water over you.
PACKS
Water Packs
Hot packs (fomentations) can be used for the relief of muscle pains, but are better in combination with Epsom salts. Cold packs are
effective for insomnia, high temperature, nervous indigestion and wind, headaches, sore throat, oedema and sprains. For fever, the
pack may be changed every ﬁve to 10 minutes, while for relaxation; it may be left for a long time. For insomnia and nervous
indigestion, place the cold pack on the abdomen.
Castor Oil Packs
These are excellent for improving intestinal functions and for stimulating the immune system, as well as in problems with the sexual
glands and the bladder. Castor oil packs on the abdomen should be used at the beginning of all serious health improvement,
especially if there are any problems with digestion, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, arthritis and cancer.
In addition, hot castor-oil packs may be applied directly to weak, painfu l or swollen body parts, for example, on weak eyes, or eyes
with cataracts, stiff neck, painful back, swollen knee, on cysts and tumours, and on the heart. Persistent use of castor oil packs
frequently gives excellent results when other methods fail. For external use only, agricultural castor oil may be used.
Carefully warm some castor oil (it burns easily); soak a woollen cloth and fold it in three or four layers. Cover the abdomen from the
lower ribcage down to the pubic bone. If the cloth is not big enough shift it on successive days of treatment; favour especially the
body parts that cause pain or problems, for example, the liver and gall bladder area.
Next apply a plastic covering over the cloth, and on top of this a hot-water bottle, and possibly a long towel wrapped around the torso,
fastened securely. If used in bed, place additional plastic underneath or use old linen. Leave the pack in place for one to two hours, or
overnight. Afterwards, sensitive skins may be wiped with warm water containing baking soda. Store the pack for repeated use in the
same pot or tin, adding more oil as necessary.
Use the pack in a series of three to ﬁve days, interrupt for several days and repeat the series as often as required. During or after a
period of applying a pack on the liver and abdomen, take several tablespoons of olive oil at bedtime to induce emptying of the gall
bladder.
Epsom-salt Packs
Recommended for arthritis, neuritis, paralysis, back pain, gastritis, colitis, infections and kidney problems. Dissolve Epsom salts in
hot water to make a saturated solution, soak a cloth in it and apply hot. Keep warm with a hot-water bottle. Alternatively, Epsom salts
may be spread liberally on a hot wet cloth and applied. Leave on for one or two hours; repeat as required.
Rock-salt Packs
A pack of hot, coarse rock salt is effective for the relief of muscle pains, especially backaches. Cover a hot-water bottle with a moist
cloth, sprinkle on a thick layer of coarse rock salt and lie with the painful area on top of this, or place on the painful area if more
appropriate. Keep as hot as you can stand it for an hour or two. Renew the salt if it is necessary to repeat the pack.
Onion Packs
Good for loosening phlegm, asthma, bronchitis, colds and pneumonia. Wrap a large onion in metal foil and bake it until soft. Pulp the
onion in its juice and spread it over the upper chest and throat area. Cover with plastic or cloth and keep warm for an hour with a hot-
water bottle. Repeat as required.
Potato Packs
Raw potato packs are excellent for irritated and weak eyes, as well as for blindness and cataracts. Grate a refrigerated potato -
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The fresh outer leaves of green cabbages have a tremendous healing potential when applied over weak or inﬂamed parts of the
body. You may hold one or two leaves in place over your abdomen and liver with a towel wrapped around your waist and fastened in
place. Do this frequently during your health improvement. You may cut out part of the stem and roll the leaf with a bottle to ﬂatten the
ribs, especially if it is to be applied over sensitive skin areas. If no more outer leaves are available, you may also use the paler green
inner leaves. However, wilted leaves are useless.
For serious conditions, apply cabbage leaves 24 hours a day, renewing every four to six hours. For cancer, for example, apply a leaf
over the tumour site as well as over the abdomen and liver.
Green Leaves
While cabbage leaves seem to have a special healing factor, other edible fresh green leaves may also be applied over problem
areas, either whole or as a pulp. To cover a fresh wound, for example, you may simply chew some fresh grass and apply the juicy
pulp.
Blistering Agents
The application of blistering agents and skin irritants (rubefacients) produces the quickest relief for arthritis and related inﬂammatory
conditions. The principle is to draw the toxins and congesting energies  from the inside to the surface. Liniments, compresses and
plasters may be used. Suitable agen ts are Cantharides plaster, a paste  of mustard or cayenne, garlic,


 structure is our bones. The
strongest bones are our teeth. How can they decay? We must look
at the enamel, dentine  and root of the tooth as well as the bone
they rest in for some answers.
Scientists have already searched very hard and long for an-
swers. But their work is hampered by commercial interests that
try to shape the results. Since commerce determines which re-
search can be done (that is, paid for) sacred territory can be ig-
nored. For example, the effects of sugar-eating, gum-chewing,
tooth brushing, fluoridation, tooth filling materials and diet can
be ignored if it interferes with product sales. Trivial studies such
as comparing shapes of toothbrushes, studying the chemical
composition of plaque, and studies of bacterial structure and
genes are done instead. Studies “at the molecular level” do not
threaten existing industries.
Important research has lapsed since the 40's and 50's. Per-
spective on tooth health was sound and clear in the mind of Dr.
Weston Price in the 1930's. His scientific studies stand as a bea-
con even today because truths, once found, do not change. HeNON-PAINFUL DISEASES
215traveled the world over in search of good teeth. Anywhere and
anytime he found them, he described the people who had them.
This is excellent science. It lets you draw the conclusions. He
described what he saw in a book, titled Nutrition and Physical
Degeneration.13 They came to these conclusions from the fol-
lowing observable facts:
1.Skulls of primitive peoples  who lived along coastlines,
such as Peruvians, Scandinavians and various islanders,
and whose staple foods included fish daily, showed per fect
teeth; not a single cavity in a lifetime. They had strong
bones that didn't break even once in a lifetime of 45 years.
Skeletal structure was fully developed, meaning the jaw
bone  was not undershot or cheek bones squeezed to gether,
forcing the teeth to grow into a smaller than ideal space.
Consequently, there was room for the wisdom teeth, and no
need to crowd the remainder. They saw no crooked teeth or
unerupted wisdom teeth. The authors es timated a daily
consumption of 4 to 5 grams of calcium  in their fish
containing diet.
Our daily consumption of less than 1 gram calcium  daily is
small by comparison. Our wisdom teeth erupt poorly, our other
teeth are often crooked. But today bad teeth go shamefully un-
heeded because we don't need to chew our food, we can lap it
(ice cream) or suck it, or gum it (applesauce).
2.These primitive peoples got all the calcium, magnesium,
phosphate, boron  and other bone builders they needed
simply from eating (fish) bones. Mexican peoples got 4 to
6 grams of calcium a day from stone-grinding  of corn  for
their staple, tortillas, instead of from fish.
                                                            13It is still available from the Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation, a
non-profit organization that seeks to keep his observations alive. Their
address is PO Box 2614, La Mesa, California 91943, (800) 366-3748.THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
216Where do we get our calcium? Milk is our only supply. One
quart supplies one gram. There is little excuse for a carnivorous
society like ours to regularly throw away the bones of its food
animals in view of our dire shortage. It leaves us dependent on
milk alone. Milk has so many disadvantages. It is impossible to
milk a cow by machine and not get a few manure bacteria, Sal-
monellas  and Shigellas, into the milk. These bacteria are not
completely killed by pasteurization the way more susceptible
bacteria are. It takes boiling temperature to kill all of them. Why
isn't milk sterilized? Water was sterilized for human consump tion
in distant decades. Chlorination of water is not ideal but it did
sterilize the water. Milk could be sterilized by boiling or flash-
heating.
Milk has other disadvantages: dozens of antibiotics, both by
feed and by shot, bovine growth hormone, chemicals added in
milk processing, the bad effects of homogenization, and allergy  to
milk. Yet, in a choice between milk drinking and bone loss, one
must choose the milk. This would not be necessary if bones were
properly salvaged–ground to powder and added back to  the meat
where it belongs–to offset the acidifying effect of the phosphate
in meat. One gram of calcium  is not much bone (½ tsp.) but it
requires a whole quart of milk. Bone powder added back to
ground meat, soups, stews could greatly improve our tooth decay
problem, bone density problem, and skeletal growth problems.
Softened teeth set the stage for decay;
bacteria do the dirty work.
Zapping bacteria does not kill them all. The zapper current
does not reach into abscesses  under metal filled teeth or around
root canals. Staphylococcus  aureus, which we are constantlyNON-PAINFUL DISEASES
217stuffing in our mouths as we lick our fingers, finds an immedi ate
hiding place in a crevice where it can't be zapped. Many other
bacteria hide here, too: those that cause ear  ache, sore throat s,
bronchitis, stiff knees, joint  disease. You can try zap ping all the
Clostridia, Streps  and tooth decay or plaque bacte ria. But the
only way to successfully eliminate them is to pry them out of
hiding and wash them away. This is a job for the dentist (see
Dental Cleanup page 409).
Strep. mutans  is considered to be the bacterium that causes
tooth cavities. I have found it in milk, evidently another pas-
teurization escapee. All the more reason to sterilize dairy prod-
ucts.
Frannie LaSalle, 52, was getting compression fractures in her spine,
but the weak bone condition was evident in her mouth (many teeth
were loose—they could be jiggled!). Her gums  were red and
inflamed. A low thyroid  condition (she needed 2½ grains a day of
thyroid—in one day the normal body goes through 5 grains of thy-
roid products) contributed to this. Her blood phosphate  level was
high (4.7 mg/DL—should be below 4.0) and her alkaline phos-
phatase  was 205, also high, showing she was dissolving her bones
(including tooth sockets) at a rapid pace. Her whole system was
too acid, as could be seen in elevated CO 2 levels (28, when 23-30
is normal).
Only the major minerals, sodium, potassium, calcium  and magne-
sium can have an impact on this major disturbance. The dentist
said she had to have all her teeth pulled and replaced with den-
tures. Her kidneys showed all three types of calcium phosphate
crystals. She drank no milk. She had only three weeks before her
oral surgery appointment. She was started on ½ cup 2% milk, 6
times a day plus 50,000 units of vitamin D  (a prescription dose) to
make sure she absorbed all the calcium. She also took magne sium
oxide (300 mg. once a day) and vitamin B 6 500 mg (one a day).
She was started on the kidney cleanse to help activate the vitamin
D and to help the adrenal glands  make estrogen. Her estrogen
level (5.2 pg/ml) was too low to get the calcium deposited back into
her bones. She was also given licorice herb for their estro-THE CURE FOR ALL DISEASES
218gen-like action to help with this and vitamin C, 1 gram (1,000 mg) 2
to 3 a day.
Her mouth care was to be as follows: potassium  iodide (white io-
dine, made up by dissolving 88 gm potassium iodide in one li-
ter/quart water). Purchase a new very soft toothbrush. Use no
toothpaste  or store bought floss. Use 2 lb. or 4 lb. (the 4 lb. is
coarser) fish line  (rinse first). Brush twice a day; floss only once at
bedtime before brushing. Use 6 drops of food grade hydrogen
peroxide  for daytime brushing. Use 6 drops of potassium iodide for
nighttime brushing. Use no mouthwash, chewing gum, candy. In
three weeks her teeth could not be jiggled. Her dentist was as-
tonished (but was not interested in how she achieved this). In six
weeks her mouth looked normal and she could chew some foods.
Her vitamin D  was tapered as follows: Take 6 a week for the first
week (miss one day). Take 5 a week for the second week (miss
two days). Take 4 a week for the third week. Then 2 a week in-
definitely. She never lost a tooth.
Muscle Diseases
There are a variety of muscle  wasting diseases,  thought  to be
genetic in their cause. Yet, what could be more easily inher ited
than a


 stop all thought. As you get out of you r mind, also
referred to as transcendence, you strengthen your relationship  with your
spirit or  higher self. Then you  return back to the mind with love and
acceptance. W ith these higher qualities of spirit, you cajole the mind into
thinking thoughts that lovingly, ef fortlessly, and easily help you.
The chaos of th e monkey mind subsides, and you are left with a mind
that thinks more clearly. The more you meditate, the clearer your mind can
think and the more in touch you become with your intuition.
AJNA GUIDED MEDIT A TION
Sit o r lie comfo rtably and close your eyes. Place your awaren ess on
the area between  your eyebrows at the third eye. If you want to make
your awareness clearer, lick you r thumb, and then press the moisture
on the third eye. T ake in a couple of deep belly breaths, exhaling
completely. W ith  your focus stil l on the third eye, ask your high er selfto st ep f orward. Y our higher self, also referred to as the witness,  is the
one who  has always been there. It is the still, small voice inside you
that always gives you truth. It is the aspect of you that was there
before y ou were born and that will be with you after you die. Y our
higher self is ever present, ever witnessing, and always acts according
to your higher good. Greet your higher self and welcome it in.
Y ou are going on a journey with  your higher self from the time of
your earliest memory. Think back to your first memory. What was it?
Who was there? What did the  scenery look like? What wer e you
wearing? What were others wearing? Do you remember your
witnessing presence being there? What wisdom did it share with you
then?
Next, go  to a m emory in your e arly childhood years, between the
ages of six and t welve. Is there a particular moment that sticks out for
you? Do you re member your higher self being there and letting you
know what you should do? Did you follow your inner witness, or did
you go against it?
Next, fast-forward to your teenage years between the ages of
thirteen and nineteen. What m oment comes to mind during these
years? W ho wa s there? What were you wearing? What were others
wearing? What did your surrou ndings look like? How did you  feel?
Do you remember your higher self being there with you at that time?
T ake a few mom ents to continue through the decades of your li fe,
going through one event per dec ade that stands out and noticing your
higher self in them all.
Now co me back to the present moment. Bring your awareness  to
challenges you’ re currently having. Maybe there is a decision you
need to make o r a relationship you need to heal. Whatever it is, ask
your wi tness or  your higher se lf, “What choice is it in my h ighest
good to make?” Then scan your body for an inner tug or a sense of
knowing. Y our mind will instantly go to a thought or a solution that
hadn’ t occurred to you before. Y our higher self is now directing your
thoughts and helping you through the power of your intuition.
Y our inner witness is always loving, truthful, and kind. Y o ur
higher self will never ask you to  do anything or make any choice that
is unlov ing. If you hear an unlov ing voice, that is your ego. When youhear you r ego, thank it and then send it away so you can feel the  voice
of y our higher s elf. Continue to do this with every problem you  have,
and feel the answer come through your witness.
When yo u’re finished, thank your higher self for its guidance. Y ou
can ask it to hel p you be more present with it each day. Y ou ca n seal
your meditation by chanting the mantra sound SHAM  three times.
T ake a few moments before opening your eyes.
Y ou can always come back to this meditation anytime you need  to
reignite your connection with your higher self.
E NERGY -B ODY  H EALING WITH  G EMS AND  C OLORS
Indigo, or bluish-purple, is the color of the sixth chakra. Y ou can wear
indigo or adorn a room with this color.
Amethyst, lapis lazuli, and azur ite are great stones and crystals to help
align the  third-eye chakra. Indigo kyanite stimulates the pineal gland and
may help awaken psychic abilities.
Sixth Chakra Mindfulness Ideas to Ponder
1. My sens e of intuition is as rel iable as my senses of sight, smell,
hearing, touch, and taste.
2. I wi ll get in touch with my w itness or my higher self, and I will
practice watching myself in all aspects of life.
3. As I recognize my shadows, they will dissipate, and I will  live
stronger in the light.
4. Meditation is my path to knowingness and enlightenment.W7  T H E  C R O W N  C H A K R A
S a h a s w a r a
COLOR:  V iolet or White
MANTRA SOUND:  OM
e ha ve arrived at the top of t he seven chakras, the Sahaswara
chakra, our source of enlightenment and spiritual connection. This
chakra i s also referred to as the thousand-petal lotus. In Hindu and Buddhist
traditions, the lotus flower is a p owerful symbol. It grows through adversity
in murky waters and blooms w here there is no clarity. The beauty of the
lotus emer ges out of the darkness. And so it is for you: It has taken you a
long tim e to get here. Y our road  toward enlightenment has had s ome bumps
and setbacks. Y et here you are, a shining example for the world to see.
The seventh chakra is located at  the crown of the head and incl udes the
cerebral cortex, the central nervous system, and the pituitary gland.
Artists have depicted the crown chakra as a halo in paintings and
drawings of saints and great spiritual masters. A Sahaswara person always
has a white light glowing around his or her being.
Here a permane nt channel is o pen to divine knowledge and wisdom.
The state of se venth chakra awareness exists beyond space, time, and
causality. When you attain this state, you mer ge with oneness. Y ou
completely transcend duality. The mind is unaf fected by fluctuations and
separateness. Th e seventh chakra person possesses siddhi  powers, which
include clairvoyance, levitation, and psychokinesis.The Y oga Sutras of Patanjali give us a road map to open ing the
Sahaswara chakra through the fifth limb of yoga known as pratyahara, or
withdrawal of the senses. Through this practice of drawing your senses
inward by closing your eyes, observing silence, and minimizing sensory
experiences, you  access your inner world. Repeated journeys to your inner
world create a pathway to enlightenment.
The colo rs we attribute to the crown chakra are violet and w hite. No
earth ele ments represent the seventh chakra, as it’ s a chakra of physical
plane transcendence. The mantr a, or bija (seed) sound, we vocalize for the
seventh chakra is OM.
Seventh Chakra Ailments
Diseases and disorders of the se venth chakra include depression, alienation,
confusion, bored om, apathy, spiritual skepticism, and inability  to learn or
comprehend. An out-of-balance crown chakra can also lead to b eing overly
intellectual or feeling spiritually elite or superior.
Seventh Chakra Energy
People who reach seventh chak ra ener gy have achieved what is known in
Sanskrit as guru darshana.  They see and channel messages from the Divine
and are able to t ransmit those messages to others and become  dispellers of
darkness. They bring enlightenment to others through their wisdom and
healing. The ener gy they receive is pure and unadulterated.
Gurus, or spiritual teachers, who  have attained guru darshana ha ve little
ego. Th ey have  overcome the confines of their egos, so seekers in their
presence experi ence only peace, love, and compassion. The persona we
typically extend  outward to others with our own ego disso lves in the
presence of guru darshana. Therefore seekers can experience spontaneous
healing, liberation from past karma, and release when they are with gurus.
The pers on livin g in the ener gy of Sahaswara receives a clear channel of
divine knowledge. People livin g at lower levels of consciousness seek
answers from others. They look  for other people’ s opinions a nd, in some
cases, other people’ s approval. Confusion arises as they keep  asking andgetting c onflicting advice. In the end, they don’ t know whom  to trust or
whom to follow. Has this ever happened to you?
Y ou spend a


 rice is not tolerated, then try white rice.
For insensitive individuals a three-day lemon-juice fast is excellent, and especially good for improving liver functions; it is also
recommended for those with high blood pressure, and for overweight males. About 10 times during the day drink a large glass of
water with the addition of the fresh juice of half a lemon. You may ﬂavor this with a small amount of fresh grapefruit or orange juice.
Later you may extend this fast to seven days or longer.
The 'grape cure' is well known as a cancer cure, but it is also good for coronary artery disease and other chronic diseases. You eat
about one kilo of grapes spaced out during the day to avoid any strong  rise in the blood sugar level. Sensitive individuals may use
additional alkalizer if the grapes cause acidity. Continue for several weeks. Sometimes a crisis develops during which a tumor is
aborted. Black grapes are best, otherwise purple or red.
If you cannot obtain unsprayed grapes, wash them thoroughly in warm soapy water and rinse well. If you are sensitive to molds also
soak them in diluted hydrogen peroxide, or expose to sunlight before a last rinse and eating.
For a longer cleansing period a mixed fast may be used. You may, for instance, start with several days on a rice diet, and follow this
with a period on raw food only, some time on apples or grapes, and a further period on juices. Then you repeat this sequence in
reverse order with days of eating only fruit, raw food, and ﬁnally rice, before returning to your normal diet. The whole cleansing period
may last for several weeks, or even months, with repeated sequences.
Unless you have an acute infectious disease, do not start a strict fast when you feel weak. In this case you may alternate between a
rice diet and a raw-food diet. Those with acute infections may have only fresh fruit, or vegetable juice, until health improves and good
appetite returns.
If you suspect your body is overloaded with chemicals, or that your liver's ability to detoxify is reduced, have only mild fasts initially,
such as the rice diet and raw-food diet. Also supply plenty of sulfur in the form of MSM, or alternatively use onions, raw egg yolk and
possibly the amino acids taurine, cysteine and methionine, or even powdered sulfur. The older we are and the less physically active,
the more important is regular cleansing.
The Basic Cleanse: I recommend this 10-day mixed cleanse at least once for most individuals near the beginning of their health
improvement journey. It combines fasting and cleansing with intestinal sanitation and allergy testing. For details see The Basic
Cleanse.
'Lymphacizing'  - gently bouncing on a rebounder, greatly increase the cleansing action during a fast. This speeds up the lymph ﬂow
to many times its normal rate.
Cleansing the body involves several steps: dislodging wastes and toxins from within and between cells, and transporting them with
the lymph ﬂuid to the large veins near the neck, where they enter the bloodstream to be discharged through the liver and kidneys.
A greatly reduced food intake is the main factor to dislodge stored wastes and toxins. Muscle activity propels the lymph ﬂow; castor-
oil packs, fruit acids, olive oil, bitter herbs and sulfur compounds stimulate liver detoxiﬁcation of fat-soluble waste, while a high ﬂuid
intake and kidney herbs help remove water-soluble wastes.
During fasting we usually do not have much energy for muscle activity, but lymphacizing can come to the rescue, as it does not
consume much energy, and one actually feels energized afterwards. With each upward bounce the lymph is pushed towards the
neck, and prevented from falling back again because the valves through which it pushes are one-way. For details see Exercises.
Another good way of speeding up your lymph circulation is by inverting your body. Special inversion equipment is available where
you can hang upside down or you may use a slant-board, be it self-made or purchased or you may simply put your legs up against a
wall while lying on the ﬂoor or bicycle in the inverted position, or do a shoulder-stand or headstand.
Mucus problems are very common. This is obvious when we have a cold with a congested or running nose, but at other times it may
be noticed as congested or inﬂamed sinuses, ear or hearing problems, including tinnitus and ‘glue ear’ in children, glaucoma, throat
and lung problems, especially asthma. To overcome these conditions see the summary on Mucus Problems in Speciﬁc Health
Problems.
The Oil Rinse:  You may remove fat-soluble toxins before they reach the liver. First thing in the morning take a large sip of a light oil,
such as sunﬂower oil or grape seed oil (stored in glass bottles), and vigorously swish it around the mouth for ten to twenty minutes,
then spit it out (be careful, it may clog the sink). Rinse the mouth several times with warm water. Continue this for several months.
This rinse is especially important if the lymph system is congested as it commonly is with cancer and other chronic diseases, and it is
very ef fective with health problems in the head and neck area, including dental problems.
Distilled Water Rinse: At other times you may use distilled water to ﬁlter out water-soluble toxins. After rising and again at bedtime,
use a cupful of distilled water. Take a mouthful and hold it under the tongue for about 2 minutes. Then spit it out and repeat the
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't been, the oil in the seed's germ has probabl y gone
rancid.
Grinding flour at home is easy these days. There is an  abundance of at -home milling products and no shortage of hype about them.
You'll find staunch advocates of stone mills. These produce the finest -textured flour, but are costly. The sales pitch is that stones
grind at low temperature and do not damage the oils (remember the development of rancidity is a function of temperature) or the
vitamins, which are also destroyed at high temperature. This assertion is half true. If you are going to store your flour it is far better
to grind it cool. However, if you ar e, as we do, going to immediately bake your flour, what difference does it make if it gets a little
warm before baking. That only accelerates the action of the yeast.
On the negative side, stone mills grind slowly and are very fussy about which grains the y will grind. If the cereal is a bit moist or if
the seed being ground is a little bit oily, the mill becomes instantly blocked.
Steel burr mills grind fast and coarsely and are inexpensive. Coarse flour makes heavy bread. The metal grinding faces tend t o
wear out and have to be replaced occasionally –if they can be replaced. Breads on the heavy side are still delicious; for many years
I made bread with an inexpensive steel burr mill attachment that came with my juicer.
Some steel burr mills will also grin d oily seed like sesame and sunflower. However, oily seeds can be ground far more easily half -
a-cup at a time in a little inexpensive electric spice/coffee mill, the sort with a single fast -spinning propeller.
I currently think the best compromise are hamm ermills. The grain dribbles into a chamber full of fast -spinning teeth that literally
pound the grain into powder. Since air flows through with the grain the flour is not heated very much. This type of mill is s mall,
very fast, intermediate in price betwee n steel mills and stone mill, lasts a long time, but when grinding, sounds like a Boeing 747
about to take off. It is essential to wear hearing protectors when using it.
Awareness of bread quality is growing. One excellent new U.S. business, called Great H arvest Bakery is a fast -growing national
franchise chain. They bake and sell only whole grain breads; all their wheat flour is freshly ground daily on the premises in  the
back. Unfortunately, as of the writing of this book, they do not grind their rye flou r but bring it in sacks. I can't recommend their
rye breads. The founder of Great Harvest is a knowledgeable buyer who fully understands my next topic, which is that wheat is  not
wheat.
There are great differences between hard bread wheats; being organica lly grown is no cure -all for making good or nutritious bread.
Great Harvest understands this and uses top quality grain that is also Organic.
When I first stated making my own bread from my own at -home -ground flour I was puzzled by variations in the dough.
Sometimes the bread rose well and was spongy after baking like I wanted it to be. Sometimes it kneaded stickily and ended up flat
and crumbly like a cake. Since I had done everything the same way except that I may have bought my wheat berries from differ ent
health food stores, I began to investigate the subject of wheat quality.
The element in the cereal that forms the rubbery sponge in risen bread so it doesn't crumble and rises high without collapsin g, is
gluten. The word glue derives from gluten. The g luten content of various wheats varies. Bread bakers use "hard wheat" because of
its high gluten content. Gluten is a protein and gluten comprises most of the protein in bread wheat; the protein content and  the
gluten content are almost identical.
Try thi s. Ask your health food store buyer or owner what the protein content is of the hard red wheat seeds they're selling. You'll
almost certainly get a puzzled look and your answer will almost certainly be, "We have Organic and conventional." Demand that
the store buyer ask this question of their distributor/wholesaler and then report back to you. If the distributor deigns to answer, the
answer will be the same –I sell Organic or conventional hard red wheat. Period. When I got these non -answers I looked further and
discovered that hard bread wheats run from about 12 percent protein to about 19 percent and this difference has everything to  do
with the soil fertility (and to an extent the amount of rainfall during the season), and almost nothing to do with Organic or
conventional.
This difference also has everything to do with how your dough behaves and how your bread comes out. And how well your bread
nourishes you. Thirteen percent wheat will not make a decent loaf - fourteen percent is generally considered #2 qu ality and
comprises the bulk of cheap bread grain. When you hear in the financial news that a bushel of wheat is selling for a certain price,
they mean #2. Bakers compete for higher protein lots and pay far higher prices for more protein.
We prefer our br ead about 25% rye, but rye contains no gluten at all. Mix any rye flour into fourteen percent wheat flour and the
dough becomes very heavy, won't rise, and after baking, crumbles. So I kept looking for better grain and finally discovered a
knowledgeable la dy that sold flour mills and who also was a serious baker herself. She had located a source of quality wheat with
an assayed protein content and sold it by the 50 pound sack. When I asked her if her wheat was Organic she said it was either
sixteen or seven teen percent protein depending on whether you wanted hard red spring wheat or hard white spring wheat. Organic
or conventional? I persisted. No, she said. High protein!
So, I said to myself, since protein content is a function of soil fertility and since my body needs protein, I figured I am better off
eating the best quality wheat, pesticide/herbicide residues (if there are any) be damned. Think about it! The difference betw een
seventeen percent and fourteen percent protein is about 25 percent. That perce ntage difference is the key threshold of nutritional
deficiency that makes teeth fall out. We can't afford to accept 25% degradations in our nutritional quality in something that  we eat
every day and that forms the very basis of our dietary.
Please unders tand here that I am not saying that high protein wheats can't be grown organically. They certainly can. The founder of
Great Harvest Bakery performs a valuable service locating and securing high -protein lots of organically grown wheats for his
outlets. But  often as not Organic products are no more nourishing than those grown with chemicals. Until the buyers at Organic
whole food wholesalers get better educated about grain, obtaining one's personal milling stock from them will be a dicey
proposition.
Sometim es Organic cereal can be far worse than conventional. To make a cereal Organic is a negative definition; if it hasn't had
chemicals, then its Organic. Grain is one of the few foods that will still produce economic yields of low quality seed on ext remely
infertile soil or when half -smothered in weeds because herbicides weren't used for reasons of ideological purity. Vegetables will
hardly produce anything under those conditions; carelessly grown fruits and vegetables are inevitably small, misshapen,
unmarket able. But seed cleaning equipment can remove the contamination of weed seeds in cereal grains (at a cost.)
The price the farmer receives for Organic cereal grain is much higher, so it is possible to accept rather low yields or expen d more
money for cleanin g out high levels of weed seeds from the field -run harvest, and still make a good profit. A lousy Organic cereal
crop like this might even make a higher profit because the farmer has been spared the expense of fertilization, of rotation, of weed
control. I  remember once I bought a sack of Organic whole oats that were the smallest, most shriveled, bitterest oats I've ever tried
to eat. We ended up throwing out that tiny, light (lacking density) seed in favor of using the "conventional" whole oats that  were
plump, heavy and sweet.
Wheat is not the only cereal that is damaged by industrial milling. So are oats. Most consumers have never seen whole oats; t hey
look very much like wheat berries. But rolled oats become rancid and stale on the shelf much like wheat  flour on the shelf.
Another pitfall about using whole grains is that to be nutritious they must still be fresh enough to sprout vigorously. A see d is a
package of food surrounding an embryo. The living embryo is waiting for the right conditions (temperatu re and moisture) to begin
sprouting. Sprouting means the embryo begins eating up stored food and making a plant out of it. All foods are damaged by
exposure to oxygen, so to protect the embryo's food supply, the seed is surrounded by a virtually airtight s eed coat that permits
only enough oxygen to enter for the embryo's respiration (yes, seeds breathe slowly). Often the embryo is located at the edge  of the
seed and has its own air intake port. When the seed coat is removed or damaged, the innards are expos ed to air and begin
deterior


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frenzy to get so mewhere two minutes sooner. Let other peop le into the
stream of traf fic by being courteous rather than right.
These are all ways to begin the process of realignment. Become
conscious of your desire to be at peace, and then match yo ur present-
moment thoughts to that desire. Y ou’ll become more compassionate without
trying to be, simply because y ou’ve aligned your inner world with your
desire to  be in b alance. Y ou’ll find that your body will feel mor e in balance
as y ou p ursue th is glorious quest, as it will experience fewer s ymptoms of
stress. Y our body weight will ad just to the optimal level as you return to a
state of perfect equilibrium. Y o ur skin will reflect the balance  and peace
that you’re becoming. Y our digestion will return to normal wit hout the aid
of pills. Y our sleep patterns will adjust. Y our bowels will function perfectly
as they were designed to. In short, you will be in perfect balance.
Y ou will  not only be in balance, but irony of ironies, you’ll become more
productive! Y ou’ll have more abundance flowing in your life while being
peaceful for the first time since  you were a child. T ake the ad vice of my
teacher Nisar gadatta Maharaj: Just be!
Give it a try, and I promise that you’ll be peacefully surprised.
CHAPTER THREE
YOU CAN’T KISS YOUR OWN EAR
B A L A N C I N G  H O W  Y O U  S E E  Y O U R S E L F
W I T H  W H A T  Y O U  P R O J E C T  T O  T H E  W O R L D
“I care not what others think of what I do, but I care
very much about what I think of what I do.
That is character!”
— THEODORE ROOSEVELT
“It is better to be hated for what you are,
than loved for what you are not.”
— ANDRÉ GIDE
T
he opening quote from Theodore Roosevelt is both compelling and
filled with irony. Y our balance  point is often found in feedback
from those whose opinions you trust and respect. This is an
exceptionally va luable option to give yourself. Being concerned with just
your ow n person al assessment of your behaviors or actions, at the expense
of what others th ink, can cause y ou to be out of balance. I’m not advocating
that opi nions or criticism, or even praise from others, in any way
immobilize, ups et, or flatter you. T oo much emphasis on what others think
can mea n that praise or criticis m is part of the package tipping the scale
toward imbalanc e. What follows is a personal example to illustrate what I
mean.
I vividly recall my very first ye ar teaching as a college profess or in the
summer session  at W ayne State University in 1970. A small group of
graduate student s was making a presentation to the class as a p art of their
final cou rse requ irements. I repeatedly heard twitters and outright laughter
at some of the antics of the presenting group, and I sat there, mystified by
what wa s so funny. Finally, as m ore and more of the students looked in my
direction to see my reaction to the presentation, it hit me li ke a ton of
bricks: T hey we re imitating me! One student had pulled his belt down to
expose a  dour -p ostured protrudi ng gut sticking out above the belt. Others in
the group spoke in excessively loud voices and gesticulated wi ldly, all the
while making indecipherable marks on the chalkboard.
And there I sat, watching myself  bei ng portrayed good-naturedl y, in a
manner that was in total contr ast to how I saw myself and what I was
projecting to the world. That little episode still sticks with me more than 35
years later. It was almost immediately after that experience that I made a
deliberate decisi on to permanently get rid of that protruding gut and get into
optimal physical shape. I also le arned the hard way, by being the tar get of a
spoof, how to be a less dogmatic teacher in the classroom.
W e can actually  learn a lot about how we’re being perceived by others if
we’re able to assimilate the input. It’ s been my experience, particularly in
helping to raise eight children, that there’ s often a huge imbalance between
how we  see ourselves and how we’re perceived by the rest o f the world.Becoming aware of this disparity can be exceedingly helpful in leading a
more fulfilling and balanced li fe. Y ou certainly don’ t want to  base your
entire ex istence upon how pleasing you are to those around you. A balanced
individual, however, is free to make the choice to change something if
they’re comfortable with feedback that may be unflattering.
What This Imbalance Looks Like
Perhaps the most important question in this regard is: How do  you want
to be  per ceived in this world?  Anyone who responds that they don’ t care at
all is trying to li ve with blinders on—a rather unbalanced style, to be sure.
Of cours e you care! In some ca ses, your very livelihood depends on your
response to this question. Y ou want to enjoy relating in a joy ful, playful,
intimate, loving, helpful, concerned, caring, and thoughtful manner with
others. I t’ s the nature of all of o ur human relationships to want to give and
receive those emotions, and to feel connected to each other.
If you also desire spiritual consciousness, then you need to be more in
harmony with your spiritual Sou rce. This is a Source of love, ki ndness, joy,
beauty, nonjudgment, creativity, and endless abundance. If yo u think that
you pers onify a ll of these qual ities, yet everyone else perceives you in a
totally d if ferent light, then it’ s l ikely that you’re living an illus ion and will
continue to be in a state of imbalance.
The answer to how you want to be perceived in the world is, at its
simplest: I want to be seen as a truthful person.  Y ou  wa nt the truth of who
you believe you are to mesh wit h what you’re projecting outward. If this is
unsuccessful, you’re aware of it, even if you opt to ignore it. The imbalance
surfaces in your daily interactio ns, showing up in feelings of being upset,
out o f so rts, confused, and often  misunderstood. My intentions ar e good, so
why is it that no  one else sees it this way?  and I try  to be a good employee,
father, citizen, and husband, but I always seem to be misc onstrued or
misjudged.  T his results in a continual state of frustration and even ange r.
Y our anxious or saddened emot ional state says: I kn ow I’m a good person
with good intentions, but no one else seems to r ealize this.Y ou need to make a decision to realign yourself on an ener geti c basis to
get t he scales ba lanced between your idealized self and your r ealized self,
as perceived by the majority of people in your life.
Restoring the Balance Through Realignment
When you balance the way you  want to be with the way you’re being
received, there’ s  a distinctly pleasurable feeling of being in ha rmony with
life. It’ s  not that you’re seeking approval or groveling for respect or love.
It’ s more that yo u’re in the worl d in a way that’ s congruent with your inner
desire to be the kind of person you are.
Y ou acc omplish this by first no ticing when you’re feeling misperceived,
then determining if your words and actions match the truth of your inner
thoughts. This alignment check will eventually and almost automatically
give you a read ing that compares what you’re projecting outwardly with
what you’re inwardly wanting to  express. Let’ s take a look at some of these
indices, keeping  in mind that every thought you have about yourself has an
ener getic component.
Here are some of the most obvious qualities that describe the ways you
feel about yourself. Review these elements, keeping in mind that your
objective is to b alance what you send out in your daily inter actions and
behaviors with the truth within  you. This alignment check ca lls for self-
honesty along with a willingn ess to experience radical humility in the
process.
— I am a loving human being.  If you both desire and believe this to be
true about yourself, then you’re two-thirds of the way towa rd being in
balance in this p rinciple. Y our desire to be a loving person, and at the same
time your truth that you ar e  a loving person, leaves only the third element:
how others perceive you. If you’re feeling misunderstood or unloved, then
before you can p erfectly balance the scales, you need to determ ine whether
the lovin g human being you see yourself as, and want to be,  is seen by


 were just as important as healthy eating
habits in fostering maximum fitness—or, in fact, even more so?
In this book you will discover  the fundamental relationship between
oxygen and the body. Improving fitness depends on enhancing the release
of oxyg en to your muscles, or gans, and tissues. Increased oxygenation is
not only  healthy; it also enabl es greater exercise intensity with reducedbreathlessness. In short, you will be able to discover better  health and
fitness as well as better performance.
If you do compete, you’ll also enjoy your training and competition more
than eve r, becau se you’ll be ab le to achieve more with less ef fort. Overall
fitness and sports performance is usually limited by the lungs— not by the
legs, the arms, or even the mind. As anyone who engages in regular
exercise knows, the feeling of intense breathlessness during sporting
activity dictates exercise intensity far more than muscle fatigue. The
foundation of enjoying and improving physical exercise, therefore, is to
ensure that breathing is optimally ef ficient.
Chr onic Overbr eathing
Scientific research, as well as the experience of thousands of people I have
worked with, has shown me the vital importance of learning how to breathe
correctly. The problem is that co rrect breathing, which should be everyone’ s
birthright, has become extremely challenging in our modern society. W e
assume that the body reflexively knows how much air it needs at all times,
but unfortunatel y this is not the case. Over the centuries we have  altered our
environment so dramatically that many of us have for gotten our innate way
of breathing. The process of breathing has been warped by chronic stress,
sedentary lifestyles, unhealthy diets, overheated homes, and lack of fitness.
All o f th ese con tribute to poor b reathing habits. These in turn c ontribute to
lethar gy, weight gain, sleeping problems, respiratory conditions, and heart
disease.
Our ancestors lived on a na tural diet in a far less competitive
environment and physically worked hard, a lifestyle conducive to
maintaining an ef ficient breathing pattern. Compare that to modern-day
living, in which we spend hours slouched at a desk on com puters and
talking o n phones, surviving on a rushed lunch of convenience food, trying
to man age a seemingly nev erending series of tasks and financial
obligations.
Modern living gradually increa ses the amount of air we breathe, and
while getting more oxygen into our lungs might seem like a good idea, it is
in fa ct light brea thing that is a testament to good health and fit ness. Thinkof an overweight tourist and an Olympian both arriving for the Summer
Games. As they picked up their luggage and carried it up a flight of stairs,
whom w ould you expect to b e huf fing and puf fing? Certainly not the
Olympian.
The big gest obstacle to your health and fitness is a rarely id entified
problem: chr onic overbr eathing. W e can breathe  two to three times more air
than required without knowing it. T o help determine if you are
overbreathing, see how many of these questions you answer “yes” to:
•   Do you sometimes breathe through your mouth as you go about
your daily activities?
•   Do you breath e through your mouth during deep sleep? (If you
are not sure, d o you wake u p with a dry mouth in the
morning?)
•  Do you snore or hold your breath during sleep?
•   Can you visibly notice your breathing during rest? T o find out,
take a look at your breathing right now. Spend a minute
observing the movements of your chest or abdomen as you take
each breath. The more movem ent you see, the heavier you
breathe.
•   When  you observe your breathing, do you see more movemen ts
from the chest than from the abdomen?
•   D o you regularly sigh throughout the day? (While one sig h
every now and a gain is not an issue, regular sighing is enough
to maintain chronic overbreathing.)
•  Do you sometimes hear your breathing during rest?
•   Do you experience symptoms resulting from habitual
overbreathing, such as nasal congestion, tightening of the
airways, fatigue, dizziness, or light-headedness?Answering yes to some or a ll of the questions above suggests a
tendency to overbreathe. These traits are typical of what happe ns when the
amount of air we breathe is greater than what we need. Just as we have an
optimal quantity  of water and food to consume each day, we a lso have an
optimal quantity of air to brea the. And just as eating too much can be
damaging to our health, so can overbreathing.
The unconscious habit of overbreathing has hit epidemic proportions all
across the industrialized world,  and it’ s highly detrimental to  our health.
Chronic overbreathing leads to loss of health, poor fitness, and
compromised performance and also contributes to many ailments including
anxiety, asthma, fatigue, insomn ia, heart problems, and even obesity. It may
seem str ange that such a dispara te range of complaints can be caused by or
worsened by overbreathing, but the breath of life influences literally every
aspect of our health.
The purp ose of this book is to return you to how you were meant to live
and breathe. I will teach you simple methods that will cou nteract bad
breathing habits, unearthing a new well of cardiovascular fitness that will
improve your overall health an d well-being. Serious athletes will achieve
new levels of performance, fitness enthusiasts will unleash untapped
potential, and those who are still trying to manage their health will
overcome barriers to a more healthful lifestyle.
But, as with all  conditions, to a rrive at the remedy it’ s crucial to first
understand the ailment.
It is how you b reathe during your daily life that determines h ow you
breathe during physical exercise. Breathing too much air ev ery minute,
every hour, every day translates into excessive breathlessness during
exercise. If our breathing is of f during rest, it would be unre asonable to
expect it to automatically correct itself during physical exercise. The
seemingly innoc uous tendency to breathe through the mouth during the day
or night  and breathe noticeably during rest means you will be more
breathless during training and often limits your capacity to go faster and
farther.
These poor breathing habits can  be the dif ference between a healthy and
vibrant life and an ill and feeble one. Overbreathing causes the narrowing of
airways, limiting  your body’ s ability to oxygenate, and the constriction of
blood ve ssels, le ading to reduced blood flow to the heart and o ther or gansand muscles. These systemic impacts af fect your health profoundly,
whether you’re a professional athlete or your main exercise is walking up
the stair s of your house. Great  sports careers can plateau or even be cut
short by  an athlete’ s overbreath ing. The lungs let the individual down, and
—no ma tter how strong the rest of the body is—unnecessary, excess breaths
take their toll. As most athletes  know, our lungs give out long before our
arms and legs.
It all comes dow n to our need for that invisible yet vital basis fo r human
life: oxygen. Here’ s the paradox: The amount of oxygen your muscles,
or gans, and tissues are able to use is not entirely dependent on  the amount
of oxygen in your blood. Our red blood cells are saturated with between 95
and 99 percent oxygen, and t hat’ s plenty for even the mos t strenuous
exercise. (A few of my clients w ith serious pulmonary disease have a lower
oxygen saturatio n level, but this  is very rare.) What determines how much
of th is o xygen your body can use is actually the amount of carbon dioxide
in your blood. Y ou may remember from biology class that we breathe in
oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide, also called CO 2. Mo st p eople le arn
that carb on dioxide is just a waste gas that we exhale from our lungs, but it
is not a waste gas. It is the key variable that allows the release  of oxygen
from the red blood cells to be metabolized by the body. This is called the
Bohr Ef fect. Understanding and utilizing this physiological principle will
allow you to stop overbreathing.
Discovered ove r a hundred years ago, the Bohr Ef fect expl ains the
release o f oxygen to working muscles and or gans. Most people don’ t realize
that the amount of carbon dioxide present in our blood cells determines how
much oxygen we can use. The c rux of it is this: How we breathe determines
the leve ls of carbon dioxide present in our blood. When we breathe
correctly, we have a suf ficient amount of carbon dioxide, and our breathing
is quiet,  controlled, and rhythmic. If we are overbreathing, our breathing is
heavy, more intense, and erratic, and we exhale too much carbon dioxide,
leaving our body literally gasping for oxygen.
It’ s v ery intuitive: If we breathe  better, increasing the amount of carbon
dioxide inside us