 troubles. It is better for the iridologist to refrain from suggesting to a person that he has any particular dise ase, letting such diagnostics
remain the province of licensed doctors. In so doing, the iridologist will avoid transgressing the law and stepping on the to es of
those who are legally qualified to diagnose. It is indeed unfortunate that one of the grea test pitfalls awaiting the iridologist is the temptation to name diseases. The feelings
of satisfaction and power resulting from conferring a name are deeply rooted in the human psyche. For example, the Bible tell s us
that man's first task on Earth was to name the animals, thus giving him power and dominion over them. Strong is the temptation to name diseases because nearly everyone has come to expect that his malady has a name. Patients hav e
come to expect, and doctors have been trained to make, a dia gnosis. "After all," the patient may reason, "how can you hope to
deal with my condition if you aren't knowledgeable enough to call it by name. " It is not necessary to name diseases in order to exercise dominion over them. Dr. Bernard Jensen, Vision s of Health. In self defense, I must make it very clear from the first word that hygienists and most other naturopaths of various persuasi ons,
and especially I myself, have never in the past, never., and do not now, diagnose, treat or offer to cure, d isease or illness. Diagnosis and curing are sole, exclusive privileges of certified, duly -licensed medical doctors and may only be done with a grant
of Authority to do so from the State. Should an unlicensed person diagnose, offer to treat or attempt to cu re disease or illness, they
will have committed a felonious act. With big penalties. Therefore, I do not do it. When one of my clients comes to me and says that a medical doctor says they have some disease or other, I agree that the
medical doctor say s they have some disease or other, and I never dare say that they don't. Or even confirm on my own authority
that I think they do have some disease or other. What I can legally do for a client is to analyze the state of their body and its organs, looki ng for weaknesses and apparent
allergies. I can lawfully state that I think their liver tests weak, the pancreas appears not to be functioning well in terms  of handling
meat digestion, that the kidney is having a hard time of it. I can say I see a lump sti cking out of their body when one is obviously
sticking out of their body; I can not say that lump is cancerous but I can state that the cells in that lump test overly stro ng and that
if I myself had a mass of growing cells testing overly strong and if I be lieved in the standard medical model, then I would be
rushing my overly strong testing cells to an oncologist. But I don't dare say the person has a cancer. Or diabetes. Or is get ting close
to kidney failure. That is a diagnosis. To me, diagnosis is a form of magic rite in which the physician discovers the secret name of the devil that is inhabiting one's
body and then, knowing that secret name, performs the correct rite and ritual to cast that demon out. I don't know why people  are
made so happy knowin g the name of their condition. Does it really matter. Either the body can heal the condition or it can't. If it
can, you will recover (especially if you give the body a little help). If the body can't heal a condition you will die or liv e a long
time being  miserable. No "scientific" medical magic can do better than that. By describing a disease in terms of its related organ weaknesses, instead of pinning a Latin name on it, I am able to assist the
body to achieve recovery in a superior way that the phys ician rarely does. By discovering that the body with the lump of overly
strong cells also has a weak spleen, liver and thymus gland, I can take actions to strengthen the spleen, liver and thymus. I f the
body can strengthen its spleen, liver and thymus, the n the overly strong cells miraculously vanish. But of course I and what I did
did not cure any disease. Any improvements that happen I assign (correctly) to the body's own healing power. The way I analyze the organic integrity of the body is through a  number of related methods, including the general appearance of
the body, the patient's health history, various clues such as body and breath odor, skin color and tone, and especially,
biokinesiology, the applied science of muscle testing. Biokinesiology c an be used to test the strength or weakness of specific
organs and their function. A weak latissimus dorsi muscle indicates a weak pancreas, for example. Specific acupuncture points  can
be tested in conjunction with muscle strength to indicate the conditio n of specific organs or glands. The strength of the arm's
resistance to downward pressure could be calibrated with a spring scale and precisely gauged, but experienced practitioners h ave
no need for this bother, because they are able to pick up subtle chan ges in the arms resistance that are not apparent to the testée. Thus muscle testing becomes an art form, and becomes as effective as the person using it is sensitive and aware. Biokinesiology works because every organ and gland in the body is intercon nected with other parts of the body through nerve
pathways and nerve transmissions, which are electrical and can be measured through muscle testing. This may seem too esoteric
for the "scientific" among you, but acupuncture points and energy manifestations  around and in the body –are now accepted
phenomena, their reality demonstrated by special kinds of photography. Acupuncturists, who heal by manipulating the body's
energy field with metal needles, are now widely accepted in the western hemisphere. Kinesiol ogy utilizes the same acupuncture
points (and some others too) for analytic purposes so it is sometimes called "contact reflex analysis. " I have studied and used Kinesiology for 25 years with the majority of my clients with very good success. There are  some few
people who are very difficult to test because they are either too debilitated, lack electrical conductivity, or their state o f mind is so
skeptical and negative about this type of approach that they put up an impenetrable mental barrier and/or ho ld their body so rigidly
that I can hardly determine a response. A skilled can overcome the obstacle of a weak body that can barely respond, but the p erson
who is mentally opposed and determined to prove you wrong should not be tested. If you proceed it is  sure to have an
unsatisfactory outcome for all concerned. For even if I manage to accurately analyze the condition of a skeptical client, the y will
never believe the analysis and will not follow suggestions. The "scientific," open -minded, "reasonable"  client can be better approached using an academic -like discussion based on
published literature that demonstrates how people with similar symptoms and complaints do very well on a particular dietary
regimen and supplements. This type of person will someti mes follow dietary recommendations to the last letter, because their
scientific background has trained them to be obedient. When a client comes to me, I like to take a real good look at who is sitting in front of me. I take my leisure to find out al l about
their history, their complaints, their motivation to change, their experience with natural healing, their level of personal
responsibility, whether or not they have to work, whether or not they can take time out to heal, will they fast or take suppl ements,
do they have sufficient finances to carry a program through to a successful completion, do they have people closely connected  to
them that are strongly opposed to alternative approaches, can they withstand some discomfort and self -denial, do they hav e toxic
relationships with other people that are contributing to their condition, are they willing to read and educate themselves in greater
depth about natural healing, etc. I need to know the answers to these questions in order to help them choose a prog ram which is
most likely to succeed. Even though fasting is the most effective method I know of, it is not for people who are compelled to keep up a work schedule,
nor is it for people who are very ill and do not have anyone to assist them and supervi se them. Nor is it for people who do not
understand fasting and are afraid of it. People who have associates that are opposed to it, and people who do not have a stro ngly-
functioning liver or kidneys should not fast either. Seriously ill people that have b een on a meat -heavy diet with lots of addicting
substances need a long runway into a fast so as to not overwhelm their organs of elimination. Does the person in front of me have
an eating disorder, or an otherwise suicidal approach to fasting, etc. Clearly  fasting is not for everyone, and if I recommend it to
the wrong person, the result will be a bad reputation for a marvelous tool. Given that many clients can not fast without a lot of preparation, the majority of my clients start out with a gentle de tox program
that takes considerably more time, but works. These gradients have been outlined under the healing programs for the chronical ly
ill, acutely ill, etc. To help rebuild poorly functioning organs, I sometimes use a specialized group of food su pplements called protomorphogens. These are not readily available to the general public and perhaps should not be casually purch


 simply never had
such cases. But I never had a patient fail to become comfortable in a few days. There can be no
reason to abstain from fasting under such conditions and at such times. Indeed, what is to be gained
from eating when there is nausea, no desire for food, and when it is known that the food will be
ejected as soon as eaten? Fasting is the only logical procedure under such conditions. 143One Closing Word
What I have said here, in sum, is that the body has wisdom in its very cells, and can heal itself, if
we will give it the chance to heal. The fast is one way of cleansing the physical self, of giving rest
to the body’s organs, often overtaxed by our own wrong living and wrong eating and over-activity. I have said that there is wisdom in the fast, in rest, in quiet, in right living and right eating and
right thinking; wisdom in recognizing the toxic effect of over-eating, over-tension, drinking;
wisdom, indeed, in avoiding all the various poisons that so many of us put into ourselves, into our
minds and our actions. There are no medical dogmas in this book, nor is the fast itself cited as a
cure
 for anything. It is
only a way of rest whereby the body—this complex and tremendous organism—will have a chance
to perform its self-restoration to health and well-being, without strain or interruption, in quiet and
peace and healing calm. 144Index
Abortions,
164
Abstinence,
63
Acids of decomposition,
115
Adolescents,
140–141
,
148–149
Adrenal gland,
126
Age and aging,
72–77
cause,
72–75
chicken heart,
74
classifications,
72–73
delayed
73–77
rate,
73
time and aging
74
Air, fresh,
80
Alcohol,
33
,
55
,
110
,
125
,
147
,
149
,
154
,
157
as medication,
41
Allergy,
122–124
Alvarez, Walter C.,
97
,
138
,
139–140
,
146
American Journal of Clinical Medicine
,
96
Amino Acids,
68
,
69
,
110
Amoebic dysentery,
137
Anabolism (See Metabolism)
Anemia,
29
,
95
,
118
Angina pectoris,
127–128
Animals, fasting in,
18
,
27–28
,
29
,
64
,
75
,
78
bears,
27
,
28
birds,
18
cats,
18
cattle,
27
,
30
dogs,
18
,
27
,
64
,
91
fur seal bull,
27
horses,
27
insects,
75
pig,
78
rabbits, sand,
18
,
27
salamanders,
30
salmon,
27
spiders,
18
starfish,
30
weasel,
27
wolves,
27
145Ankylosis,
107
,
109
Antibiotics,
139–140
,
149
Apoplexy
of cells,
116
Appendicitis,
46
Appetite,
32
,
34
,
63
Appetizer,
81
Arthritis,
109
,
111
,
112
after-care,
108
ankylosis (See Ankylosis)
builds slowly,
109
cause,
110
fasting in,
112
palliation harmful,
111
rest/exercise,
112
secondary causes,
111
supervision of fast,
112
varieties of,
109
,
111
Arteriosclerosis,
151
Asphyxiation of cells,
116
Aspirin,
108
,
112
Assimilation and Elimination,
37–38
,
80
continuous process,
37
variable emphasis,
38
,
46
Asthma,
19
,
94
,
104–105
,
106
bronchial,
19
,
104
cardiac,
104
care and cause,
105–106
predisposition,
105
renal,
104
Autolysis,
29
,
37
,
162
,
163
Autonomy, an,
39
Autopsy,
100
Bargen, J. A.,
140
Baths and Bathing,
142
,
143
,
150
duration,
61
purpose,
61
sponge,
61
sweat,
62
temperature of water,
61
Benign Tumors (See Tumors)
Berg, Ragnar,
28
,
39
146Beriberi
29
Bile,
57
,
114
,
157
,
166
Biopsy,
162
Bloating,
65
Blood Pressure,
23
,
125
,
126
,
129
Bloom, Walter Lyon,
24
,
25
Bowel movements,
65
,
71
,
84
Breaking the fast,
30
,
63–67
in animals,
64
exercise,
66
method of,
65–67
rest after,
66
supervision after,
42
,
62
,
65–67
,
122
Breath,
63
bad,
83
Bribe,
82
Bright, Richard,
155
Bright’s Disease (See Nephritis)
Brinkley,
77
Broken bones,
47
Bromine,
142
Bronchitis,
83
Brown-Sequard,
77
Byrd, Mrs. Gloria Lee,
43
Cabot, Richard C.,
137
Cachexia,
119
Calcium metabolism,
29
Calculi,
157
 (See Gallstones)
Cancer,
63
,
96
,
116
,
139
cancerous growths enlarge,
39
cancerous growths diminish,
38–39
defined,
39
,
116
,
139
,
140
development,
115–117
,
140
fasting contraindicated,
51
few cases,
163
irreversible condition,
161
surgery,
139
Carcinogenic agents,
116
Cardiac decompensation,
131
,
132
Carlson, Anton J.,
75
Carrell, Alexis,
74
Carrington, Hereward,
127
,
128
147Case histories,
19
,
20–21
,
24–25
,
26
,
28
,
41
,
42
,
44
,
71
,
76
,
81
,
89
,
99
,
107–108
,
127–128
,
131
,
138
,
154–155
Catabolism (See Metabolism)
Catarrh,
94
,
104
,
122
Cecum,
133
Cephalagia,
120
Child, C. M.,
75
Children and childhood
diseases,
83–85
enervation,
83
excitement,
82
fasting,
81
,
85
,
89
holidays,
84
instinctive
 fasting,
81–85
spasms,
84
symptoms of indigestion,
83–85
warm water,
85
Chocolate,
82
Cholelithiasis (See Gallstones)
Chronic Diseases (See Diseases)
Circumcision,
149
Cleanliness,
142
,
150
Cocoa,
154
Coffee,
67
,
93
,
110
,
127
,
147
,
157
Cold, the,
95
,
96
,
98
care,
98
cause,
97
drugging,
96
,
98
eating,
98
fasting,
98
poem,
96
prevention,
97
secondary cause,
97–98
Colitis,
83
,
94
,
133
,
134
mucous,
134
,
138
spastic,
134
ulcerative,
140
Colon, parts, of,
133
Common Cold (See Cold)
Comparisons and/or contrasts,
35–36
,
72–73
,
124
Compensation,
35
,
59
,
78
Conjunctivitis,
94
148Constipation,
83
Copavin,
98
,
139
Cortisone,
47
,
108
,
112
,
139
,
141
Coughing,
83
Crane, Milo,
59
,
65
Crisis,
98
Cure and Curing,
46
,
98
b


 God has all power; bu t I believe there is a devil, too." After receiving his fine letter, th e thought occurred to me that
during the 35-odd years I had lived  in Hereford, Brother Willett was
the only pastor among the many who served our church with whom I
felt free to speak frankly and without reserve whatever thought would
come into my head. On another occasion I recall, we were talking of individual
salvation, and a Brother of another church demanded: "What is gained
when you save a man's soul and then turn him loose to live in a hog
pen?" This Brother was referring to the confused, chaotic state of the
world. It was almost 2,000 years since Jesus came to teach men the
way of salvation. That way was set forth plainly for all men to learn
and heed in "The Sermon on the Mount." What has it profited men? "Wars and rumors of wars are yet lowering over the
Peloponesus." CHAPTER 36

SOME THOUGHTS ON THE WAY OF LIFE
 In my eighties I give thought to the way of life. What is this way
of life and why did I wait until this age to take up a subject 'which
logically belongs to youth? My conclusion is that the way of life is a
path which grows brighter as you travel it, a path in which your body, in perfect health, glorifies its Make r. Whose business is it to teach all
people the way of life. I am speaking of THE WAY, the only right
way, where there is no sickness, want or sorrow. Why is it not the business of the church to teach the way of life? Did not Jesus say: "I am come that they might have life, and that they
might have it more abundantly now while we live." He taught the way
of life and living, when this is obeyed there is no sorrow. During all my youth nobody ever said anything to me about
seeking the life that guarantees perf ect health, the abundant life with
plenty to spare that would last through the years when a man is
supposed to be old, feeble and gray. My parents, themselves untaught,
could not teach me except to do right and then do more for good
measure. In all the 75 years I have attended church it has never taught
me. The Bible teaches plainly for who can read that the good life is
attainable here on earth. The Bible gives instructions in physical,
mental and spiritual ways, which followed, would guide a person to
health, happiness and long life without one day of illness. The
Psalmist says that the path of the righteous grows brighter unto the
perfect day. Then in Isaiah's 65th chapter, the Lord speaks through the
prophet: "For as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine
elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands." Had I been taught those truths in early youth, had I been told how
to apply the Psalmist's and Isaiah's doctrines to the business of every
day living, I do believe I would be further advanced toward the
promised "perfect day" when there is no illness nor remorse. Not only
that, had the church in my youth taught all its communicants this
Biblical doctrine concerning the perf ect life and how to attain it here
and now then I might have spent my life in communion with
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        He would have to take a complete rest for an
indefinite time, the diagnosticians added. Then came the blow that was the hardest for D to take: "You will
have to give up all farm labor," the doctors told him. "Well, then, if I
cannot work any more," D. answered, "I'll just go see my brother out
in Hereford, Texas. " He knew about my being an invalid at death's door for years and
had heard how the fast that the natu ropath prescribed and diet which I
followed after that had set me on my  feet and had kept me doing very
well. "Maybe George can do something for me," D had reasoned. "It is
worth taking a chance for. " "But you are not able to travel a thousand miles by train," the
doctor then told D. "Your heart is liable to fail you at any time. " "Well, I'm no good here," said D. "So I think I'll try it. " When the invalid arrived at our house, he was naturally all
fagged out from his long journey. He had his pockets full of pills which he thought he had to take, several each day, to keep on living. Gradually at first, we put him on special food. We took away
most of the staple foods he had lived on most of his life and thought
he must have—meat and potatoes, hot biscuits and butter, pies and
cakes. We fed our patient on vegetables and milk mostly, salad, fruit
and all the pot-liquor we could get down him. After a few days on that fare, D was up and around. At my
direction, he would walk a piece every day, and extend his stroll gradually until he could go  wherever he liked. D looked so much like me, that a great many townspeople who
saw him trudging along took him for me, and thought I had relapsed
back into my old invalidism. Whenever he would come in from his walk, D would protest to
my wife: "Mattie, I'm hungry. " Whereupon Mattie would fix him a
bowl of turnip greens, dandelions or mustard greens, that was mostly
pot liquor and would crumble a little corn bread in the liquor. Naturally in his mind's thoughts—"not that stuff," D said, "I want
some meat and bread, a man's ration. " Mattie would over rule him. So he would consume the greens,
pot liquor and sometimes a salad of lettuce leaves, raw cabbage and
carrots. All the time D thought he was starving but his pulse was good
and when he would weigh, the scales showed that he had not lost a
pound. As he gained strength, he would take on a little more exercise
every day. He was naturally active and used to hard labor. So we had
to caution him almost daily not to overdo the thing. One day he came
home and announced proudly that, for the first time since he was a
boy he had chinned himself. After he had been with us for seven weeks and we were on the
point of putting him on a normal diet, he suddenly informed us that he was catching the next train for Alabama. On his way home, he stopped by the Birmingham hospital to pay
his bill. "Let us check you over to see how you are doing by this
time," the doctors suggested. The diagnosticians who two months before had told my brother
that he was suffering from an incurable heart condition now could find
nothing wrong with him. "What did your brother do to you when you were in Texas. " asked the doctor. "Wa-al," answered D, "he didn't do nothing, except put me on a
diet. " "Well, then, what did he give you to eat. " "Let's see, now: for breakfast, a raw fruit salad and a glass of
sweet milk; for dinner, some dande lion greens and all the pot liquor I
could hold; for supper, some turnip greens again all the pot liquor I
could drink. "Was that all. " "Wa-al on some days I would eat a little cabbage, green beans,
cauliflower, sweetcorn, a boiled onion,  a fresh ripe tomato or whatever
Mattie—that's my brother's wife—could  find at the vegetable market. " "Do you mean to tell me, Mr. Hear d, that during that entire seven
weeks, you had no meat, bread, potatoes, rice or other solid food. ". "Wa-al, once in a while Mattie would give me a little corn bread
to crumble into my pot liquor. " "But you cannot live on that kind of stuff. " "You have just finished examining me, doctor. I'm alive ain't I. " Thereupon D walked out of the hospital and he has not been back
since except for prostate treatment. That was 10 years ago. The last
time I heard from D he was in good  health and doing his farm chores
without missing a day. CHAPTER 25. ON CREATING AND PRESERVING MAN
 Everything in this world of ours, everything in the Universe is
governed by Law. Whether it concerns the guiding of an airplane, the
building of a highway, the motions of earth and moon, or keeping the
stars in their courses, it is Law that does it. That identical principal governs the functioning of the human body. The longer I live the more I am pe rsuaded that the master key to
health is the food we eat. It stands to reason that we cannot maintain
our bodies in health until we ke ep our bodies supplied with the
materials of which they are made. When a man's food is normal, his
body will be found normal also. When his thinking is normal, the
chances are that his body is functioning normally. Most ailments which afflict mankind today, including those
which are called incurable, I do believe, result from food which has


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investigate the  relationship between a decrease of oxygen
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(supramaximal) at two dif fere nt elevations: 1,000m and 2,100m. Oxygen saturation of hemoglo bin was lower than 91 percent for
approximately 2 4 seconds during exercise at 1,000 meters and f or 136
seconds during exercise at 2,10 0 meters, with EPO levels inc reasing
by 2 4 percent and 36 percent  respectively following the exercise. Roberts D, Smith DJ, Donnelly S, Simard S. Plasma-volume
contraction and exercise-induced hypoxaemia modulate erythropoietin
production in healthy humans. Clin Sci. 2000 Jan;98(1):39–45. Korean research ers Choi et al. carried out a study on 263 subjec ts to
determine the relationship betw een hematocrit levels and obstructive
sleep apnea (involuntary holding of the breath during sleep). Patients
with severe sleep apnea had sig nificantly higher levels of hematocritthan mil d and moderate OSA. Study findings showed that hem atocrit
levels were significantly correlated with percent of time sp ent at
oxygen saturatio n of below 90 percent, as well as average oxygen
saturation. Choi  JB, Loredo JS, Norman D, et al. Does obstructive
sleep apnea increase hematocrit? Sleep Br eath. 2006 Sep;10(3):155–
60. 132  Lowering oxygen saturation: Roberts, Smith, Donnelly, Simard 2000,
39–45. 135  Maintaining an oxygen: Ibid. 136  Per forming just 5 maximum: L emaître et al. 2007 Nov–Dec, 407–14. Schagatay E, Haughey H, Reim ers J. Speed of spleen volume changes
evoked by serial apneas. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2005 Jan;93(4):447–52. 137  Bre ath-hold divers: Resting Hb  mass in trained breath-hold div ers was
5 percen t higher than in untrained divers. In addition, breat h-hold
divers showed a lar ger relative increase to Hb after three apneas. The
paper no ted that “the long-term ef fect of apnea training on Hb mass
might be implicated in elite divers’ performance.” Lemaître, Joulia,
Chollet 2010, 413–5. 137  In addition, experienced: Matt Richardson investigat ed the
hematological r esponses to maximal apneas performed by  three
groups: elite apneic divers, elite cross-country skiers, and untrained
subjects. Pretest  hemoglobin tended to be higher in the diver group
than both skiers and untrained i ndividuals. Each subject was required
to pe rform 3 ma ximal breath holds separated by 2 minutes of r est and
normal breathing. Following the breath holds, all groups responded
with increased hemoglobin, with divers showing the lar gest increase. The duration of the third breath -hold time was 187 seconds in divers,
111 seconds in skiers, and 121 seconds in untrained individuals. The
authors observed that the higher Hb concentration in divers “suggests
that regular apnea practice could impart a specific training ef fect,
ef fecting haematological responses to apnea in a manner that dif fers
from that of exercise training.” Richardson M, de Bruijn R, Holmber g
HC, Björklund G, Haughey H, Schagatay E. Increase of hemoglobin
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humans. Can J Appl Physiol. 2005 Jun;30(3):276-81.Splenic size was measured before and after


 food or substance and eliminate it. Successwith Coca’s Pulse Test requires only motivation and a little perseverance, becausein order to test for food allergies, the diet must be restricted for a few days andyour pulse must be accurately taken at specific intervals during the testing period. The test is based on measurement of the resting pulse rate, something most
people have no difficulty learning how to do. The resting rate is how fast the heartbeats after a person has been sitting still, comfortably relaxing for three to fiveminutes. When a person is active the heart beats faster than the resting rate. Onemeasure of aerobic fitness is how quickly the heart is able to return to its restingrate. Well-trained athletes’ hearts can adjust from working very hard to a restingrate in only a minute or so; those who are deconditioned can take three to fiveminutes for their heart to slow from even mild exertion to its stable, resting pace.Those who cannot readily find their own pulse on their wrist or throat caninexpensively purchase a digital watch that gives a pulse reading; this kind ofwatch is used by athletes to make sure their training pulse is in an acceptablerange. Preparatory to doing Coca’s Pulse Test it is necessary to as much as possible
eliminate allergic food reactions. This requires the application of discipline for afew days before testing begins. Allergic reactions can go on for several days after
a food has been eaten and if you are having a reaction to something eaten many
hours or several days previously, it may obscure a reaction to a food just eaten. 1. Stop smoking entirely for at least five days before you do a cigarette test;
allergies to cigarettes can take five days to clear. Besides, you shouldn’t smoke,anyway! 2. For the first three days, count your resting pulse immediately after
awakening in the morning (for one entire minute), and record the reading. 3. During the first three days, take your resting pulse half an hour and again
one hour after each meal. It if has elevated more than 12 beats above the restingrate you found upon arising that morning, you may assume that some food at themeal you just ate was an allergen. Temporarily, eliminate from your diet all thefoods eaten at the previous meal until you can check them one-by-one a few dayslater. At the end of these first three days you may not have many foods left thatyou can eat. That is okay and to be expected; it is time to begin adding foodsback to the diet. 4. Most people who are allergic to foods are allergic to one or more of the
following: corn, wheat, milk and cheese, yogurt, meat, alcohol, tobacco. It wouldbe very wise to eliminate these foods too for the first three days, until they aretested. After three days on this regimen, you can assume that many of your usual
allergic food reactions have ceased or at least diminished significantly and that youprobably can get reasonably accurate testing results on individual foods. A goodindicator of having problems with food allergies in general can also show upduring these initial days. If you have eliminated a large number of foods and yourresting pulse upon awakening has slowed down by several beats, you can assumeyou are allergic to foods you were eating. I would not be at all surprised that by the end of the third day you were only
eating a very few fruits and vegetables and had eliminated everything else. A moreeffective variant of the testing procedure calls for a three or four day water fast to
clear all allergies with absolute certainty, and then to introduce foods one at a time
as described below. On the fourth and subsequent few days, take your resting pulse upon arising
and then eat a modest quantity of a single food: for example, eat a slice of bread,or a medium sized glass of milk, or an orange, or two tablespoons sugar indissolved in water, or a few dried prunes, or a peach, or an egg, or a medium-sized potato, or a cup of black coffee without sweetener, or a few ounces ofmeat, or a stick of celery, or half a cup of raw cabbage, or an onion, or a date, ora few hazelnuts, etc. Count the pulse one half hour later and again one hour aftereating the test item. If any food raises the resting pulse over 12 beats per minute above your
morning resting pulse, that food should be eliminated; you are certainly allergic toit or can’t digest that much of it. If your pulse has not returned to its morningresting rate one hour later, you are still having an allergic reaction to the food youate previously and cannot get a decent result on another food until either yourpulse slows again or until the next morning. You may, however, continue to eatother foods that you know do not provoke allergic reactions. Because reactionsto a food may not clear for many hours, it is wise to eat only small quantities ofindividual foods if you wish to test many of them in a single day. If a food causesno acceleration of pulse (at least 6 beats above your estimated normal maximal)that food can be tentatively labeled non-allergenic. After a few days of testing one food an hour, you will become weary of the
routine and wish to eat more normally. It may also occur that you cannot testmore than one or two foods a day from the very first day because allergicreactions do not clear quickly enough. No problem, the testing period can go onat a lower level of intensity for many weeks, trying one new food each morningupon arising. As you eliminate allergens from your diet one by one, your restingpulse should drop somewhat and it should be easier to discern allergic reactions.After you have worked through all the items in your normal dietary, it would be
wise to retest the foods a second time, breaking your fast with one different test
item each morning. This second testing round may reveal a few more allergicreactions that were obscured by other allergic reactions the first time through. Vitamin and SupplementSuppliers
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 you’re creating to
realizing your intention. You know what those thoughts of resistance sound like: I can’t do
anything about this arthritis. It’s the flu season. I feel okay now, but by the
weekend, it will be in my chest and I’ll have a fever. We live in a
carcinogenic world. Everything is either fattening or filled with chemicals. I
feel so tired all the time. On and on they go. They’re like huge barricades
blocking the realization of your intention. Notice the thoughts that represent
a decision on your part to buy into the illness mentality of the huge profit-
making drug companies and a health-care industry that thrives on your
fears. But you’re the divine, remember? You’re a piece of the universal mind of
intention, and you don’t have to think in these ways. You can opt to think
that you have the ability to raise your energy level, even if all of the
advertising around you points to a different conclusion. You can go within
and hold an intention that says: I want to feel good, I intend to feel good, I
intend to return to my Source, and I refuse to allow any other thoughts of
disorder or disease in. This is the beginning. You’ll feel empowered by this
unique experience. Then in any given moment of not feeling well, choose
thoughts of healing and feeling good. In that instant, feeling good takes
over, if only for a few seconds. When you refuse to live in low energy, and you work moment by moment
to introduce thoughts that support your intention, you’ve effectively decided
that wellness is your choice and that being a healer is a part of that decision. At this time, wheels of creation are set in motion, and what you’veimagined and created in your mind begins to take form in your everyday
life. Give it a shot the next time you’re low-energy thinking of any kind. Just
note how quickly you can change how you feel by refusing to think
thoughts that are out of harmony with your Source of intention. It works for
me, and I encourage you to do so as well. I simply will not think any longer
that I must be a victim of illness or disability, and I will not spend the
precious moments of my life discussing illness. I am a healer. I heal myself
by co-creating health with God, and I give this gift to others as well. This is
my intention. Illness Is Not a Punishment
Illness became a component of the human condition when we separated
ourselves from the perfect health from which we were intended. Rather than
attempting to intellectualize reasons why people get sick and come up with
a rationale for understanding illness, I encourage you to think of yourself as
having the potential to become a master healer. Try visualizing all of human
illness from the perspective of something that the human race has
collectively brought upon itself by identifying with the ego rather than
staying with the divinity from which we emanated. Out of this collective
ego identification, we brought about all that goes with the ego problems—
fear, hate, despair, anxiety, depression—all of it. The ego feeds on these
emotions because it’s insistent on its own identity as a separate entity apart
from this God-force that intended us here. In one way or another, virtually
every single member of the human race bought into this idea of separation
and ego identification. Consequently, illness, disease, sickness, and the need
for healing simply come with the territory of being human. However, you needn’t feel stuck there. The power of intention is about
returning to the Source of perfection. It’s about knowing that the power to
heal is all wrapped up in making that divine connection, and that the Source
of all life does not punish, offering karmic paybacks through suffering and
hardship. You don’t have a need for healing because you were bad or
ignorant, or as retribution for past-life offenses. You’ve taken on whatever
you’re experiencing for whatever lessons you need to learn on this journey,which is being orchestrated by the all-providing intelligence that we’re
calling intention. In an eternal universe, you must view yourself and all others in infinite
terms. Infinite terms mean that you have an infinite number of opportunities
to show up in a material body to co-create anything. As you view the
sickness of the mind and body that permeates your own life as well as the
rest of humanity, try viewing it as part of the infinite nature of our world. If
starvation, pestilence, or disease are a part of the perfection of the universe,
then so is your intention to end these things a part of that same perfection. Now decide to stay with that intention—first in your own life, then in the
lives of others. Your intention will match up with the intention of the
universe, which knows nothing of egos and separation, and all thoughts of
illness as punishment and karmic paybacks will cease to exist. Making Your Intention Your Reality
Below is my ten-step plan for implementing the intention of this chapter
to optimize your capacity to heal and be healed:

Step l: You can’t heal anyone until you allow yourself to be healed. Work in a collaborative effort with your Source to create a sense of your
own healing. Put all of your focused energy on knowing that you can be
healed of physical or emotional disruptions to your perfect health. Connect
to a loving, kind, receptive-to-healing energy, which is the field that
intended you here. Be willing to accept the fact that you’re a part of the
healing energy of all of life. The same force that heals a cut on your hand
and grows the new skin to repair it permanently is both in your hand and in
the universe as well. You are it, it is you; there’s no separation. Be
conscious of staying in contact with this healing energy, because it’s
impossible to separate from it except in your ego-diminished thoughts. Step 2: The healing energy that you’re connected to at all times is
what you have to give away to others. Offer this energy freely, and keep
your ego entirely out of the healing process. Remember how St. Francisresponded when asked why he didn’t heal himself of his diseases, which
would cause his death at the age of 45: “I want everyone to know that it is
God who does this healing.” St. Francis was healed of ego domination, and
he deliberately held on to his infirmities to teach others that it was God’s
energy working through him that provided the energy for all of his
miraculous healings. Step 3: By raising your energy to a vibrational match with the field
of intention, you’re strengthening your immune system and increasing
the production of well-being enzymes in the brain. A change in
personality from being spiteful, pessimistic, angry, sullen, and disagreeable
to one of passion, optimism, kindness, joy, and understanding is often the
key when witnessing miraculous acts of spontaneous recovery from
fatalistic prognostications. Step 4: Practice surrender! Let go and let God is a great theme in the
recovery movement. It’s also a wonderful reminder in the world of healing. By surrendering, you’re able to have reverence for, and commune with, the
Source of all healing. Remember that the field of intention doesn’t know
anything about healing per se,because it’s spiritual perfection already, and it
creates from that perspective. It’s ego consciousness that creates the
disorder, disharmony, and diseases of our world, and it is in returning to that
spiritual perfection that harmony of body, mind, and spirit are realized. When this balance or symmetry is restored, we call it healing, but the
Source knows nothing of healing because it creates only perfect health. It’s
to this perfect health that you must surrender. Step 5: Don’t ask to be healed, ask to be restored to that perfection
from which you emanated. Here’s where you want to hold an intention for
yourself and for others in an unbending, nonnegotiable way. Let nothing
interfere with the intention you have to heal and be healed. Discard all
negativity that you encounter. Refuse to let in any energy that will weaken
your body or your resolve. Convey this to others as well. Remember, you’re
not asking your Source to heal you, because this assumes health is missingfrom your life. It assumes scarcity, but the Source can only recognize and
respond to what it is already, and you too are a component of that Source. Come to the Source as whole and complete, banish all thoughts of illness,
and know that by connecting back to this Source—filling yourself with it
and offering it to others—you become healing itself. Step 6: Know that you are adored. Look for reasons to praise and feel
good. In the moment in which you’re experiencing thoughts that make you
feel sick or bad, do your best to change them to thoughts that support your
feeling good, and if that seems impossible, then do your very best to say
nothing at all. Refuse to talk about disease, and work to activate thoughts
that predict recovery, feeling good, and perfect health. Picture yourself as
healthy and free of disability. Be on the lookout for the opportunity to
literally say to yourself, I feel good. I intend to attract more of this good
feeling, and I intend to give it away to any and all in


 completely off. If you make
them often in a baking pan, a
silicone baking mat makes them
easier to cut and remove. -Use wooden popsicle sticks to
stir so you can keep your spoons
from getting all waxy, and then
compost them! 250Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingThis bar gives a versatile base from which you can play around with scents and varying ingredients.Basic Lotion Bar
-1/4 cup of beeswax pastilles or
grated beeswax
-1 cup of coconut oil
-4 teaspoons of jojoba oil or
any other liquid oil
-Molds or a baking pan 1. In a double boiler melt all of your ingredients together and stir to
blend. 2. Pour into molds or a lined baking pan and let cool overnight. Pop out
of molds, or cut into bars. 3. To use, hold the bar in your hands to soften the it up a bit. Glide over
skin, rubbing it in as you go, or just after use. 251Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Lotion BarsY ou will need… DirectionsWho doesn’t need some stress relief every now and again, or a helping hand to wind down before bedtime? This chamomile lavender lotion bar’s soothing aroma will work wonders for your wellbeing, all while making your
skin super soft.Calming Lotion Bars
-Basic lotion bar recipe
-10 drops of lavender essential
oil
-8 drops of chamomile
essential oil
-A small handful of dried
lavender buds1. After all your ingredients are melted, stir in the dried lavender and
essential oils. If you have a hard time gauging the scent of each bar in
big batches, add 3-5 drops of each essential oil to the mixture after it’s
been poured into each individual mold. 252Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com Lotion BarsY ou will need… DirectionsFace masks are a lovely way to pamper yourself, but they also serve
practical purposes as well. Depending on what is included in them they
can remove dirt, oil, tighten pores, prevent or reduce breakouts, reduce
puffiness, moisturize, and exfoliate. It’s up to you to decide which kind
of mask is best for your skin type. For something that is so easy to do at
home, with completely natural ingredients, it’s amazing how much you
pay when getting one done professionally! Masks
-No matter which recipe you are
using, always use a steam bath or
a washcloth with warm water on
your face first. This will open up
your pores and let the mask do its
job with the utmost efficiency. For
the steam bath simply fill a bowl
with boiling water and lean over
it, being careful not to get burned
by the steam, with a towel draped
over your head to form a tent for
3-5 minutes. Whether using a
washcloth or steam, pat face dry
before applying mask. -After removing your mask, apply
a light moisturizer to restore any
moisture that may have been lost. -As fun as they are, do not use
a mask more than once a week,
otherwise you might end up
irritating your skin or drying it out. 253Copyright 2014 everydayroots.comTips & TroubleshootingThis mask combines honey and strawberries to reduce current break-outs and prevent future ones from
popping up. Honey has anti-bacterial properties that can help reduce acne, while strawberries naturally contain
salicylic acid, an ingredient found in many prescription/OTC acne treatments that helps rid the skin of excess oil
and correct any abnormal shedding of skin cells.Break-Out Buster
-5-6 large strawberries, rinsed
-2 teaspoons of organic raw
honey
-A head band or hair binder1. Soften your honey and mash the strawberries, combining the two
before using the steam bath or a warm washcloth. 2. After the steam bath, hold your hair back with a headband or hair
binder and apply the mask in a thin layer over your face, leaving some
space at your hairline so it doesn’t get stuck in the mixture. 3. Leave on 10-15 minutes and then gently wash off with warm water. Apply a light moisturizer. 254Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MasksY ou will need… DirectionsThis mask is similar to the first one but uses a combination of yogurt and honey, and so is friendlier to sensitive
or dry skin. The yogurts lactic acid can gently help slough off dead skin cells and exfoliate in place of the
strawberries salicylic acid.Break-Out Buster (sensitive skin version)
-2 teaspoons of organic honey
-2 tablespoons of plain yogurt
(with probiotics)1. Mix together yogurt and honey before using the steam bath or warm
washcloth. 2. Afterwards, hold your hair back with a headband or hair binder, and
apply a thin layer to your face. Let the mask sit for 10-15 minutes before
washing off with warm water and applying a light moisturizer. 255Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MasksY ou will need… DirectionsThis is a classic face mask-the kind where you lay cucumbers over your eyes-that’s great for those summer days
when you’ve spent a little too much time in the sun. It’s not just limited to sunburn either-this is a great mask to
relieve stress, reduce puffiness, and liven up tired eyes. Cucumber also contains silica, which replenishes skin
and leaves you fresh-faced and care free. Honey, yogurt, and rolled oats add acne fighting, exfoliating, and extra
soothing properties.Sunburn Soother
-1 cucumber, peeled and sliced
+ 2 slices for eyes
-2 teaspoons of honey
-1/4-1/2 cup of rolled oats
-5-6 tablespoons of yogurt
-A blender
-A place to relax1. Peel your cucumber and slice it into cubes, saving 2 slices as rounds
to rest on your eyes. 2. Put cucumber, honey, and yogurt into blender and process until
smooth. Blend in the oats and then pour the entire mixture into a bowl,
cover it, and place it in the fridge so it thickens and cools (put the extra
2 cucumber slices in the fridge too.) 3. When it’s chilled, about 30 minutes later, use the steam bath and
apply across your entire face-this layer can be a little thicker than the
previous masks called for. Lie back, cover your eyes, and relax. Let it
sit for 15-20 and then rinse off with cool water. Follow up with a light
moisturizer. 256Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MasksY ou will need… DirectionsI love bentonite clay. It makes a great base for homemade calamine lotion, soothes bug bites and poison ivy,
and makes a dandy ‘mud mask’ much like the ones given in spas. It’s great at absorbing excess oil that is
clogging pores and reducing the appearance of acne, and will leave your skin feeling smooth and nourished.Mud Mask
-Roughly ¼-½ cup of bentonite
clay
-Water1. Add water slowly to clay until it becomes a thick (but spreadable)
paste. 2. Use the steam bath, and then have a headband or hair binder to hold
hair back. Apply in a thin layer over face. Let sit for 15-20 minutes and
then wash off with warm water. Apply a light moisturizer. 257Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MasksY ou will need… DirectionsThis mask mixes bananas and apple cider vinegar, the latter of which Helen of Troy and Cleopatra used as
toners (and look how they turned out!) ACV tightens up and tones skin, as well as fights acne and blemishes. Bananas are often used as the “Botox” of the natural world, relieving fine lines and wrinkles; much to the
endless delight of those who indulge it (the exact mechanism of how it works isn’t known yet.) It is also
incredibly moisturizing. Y ou can add some yogurt if you want to thicken the mixture a bit.Wrinkle Reliever
-1 ripe banana, peeled
-5 tablespoons of apple cider
vinegar
-5 tablespoons of yogurt
(optional)1. Thoroughly mash a ripe, peeled banana and mix in apple cider vinegar
and yogurt (if you are using it.) It will be relatively thin-it’s supposed to
be. 2. After using the steam bath have a headband or hair binder to hold
your hair back, and apply the mask to your entire face. Let it sit for 20-
25 minutes before rinsing with cool water. Apply a light moisturizer. 258Copyright 2014 everydayroots.com MasksY ou will need… DirectionsMouthwash is quite handy when it comes to fighting bad breath and
reducing the bacteria count that contributes to it. But I always wonder
when I see it in stores…why exactly is it such blinding neon colors? To
me, that’s just a red flag as to what the wash actually contains-which
is generally a mouthful of artificial coloring, flavors, and not so hot
ingredients. Many kinds of mouthwash contain ethyl alcohol, which can
weaken the lining of your gums, and possibly erode enamel. While still
considered “inconclusive”, studies conducted at Stanford University,
as well as in various countries, link alcohol


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clots were seen washing away, resulting in temporary
restoration of circulation through the artery. Diapede
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extent, around the electronega tive mesenteric elec
trode. The normal transcapillary openings between blood
and extravascular spaces, which contain water and
electrolytes, may be considered as leaking junctions. When an electric potential is applied across capillaries
some of them appear to open further, as shown by the
transcapillary passage of red blood cells. After a while the diapedetic blood as well as the
thrombosed blood in the vessels becomes brown. White foam (Fig. XIV: 2) produced by gas then devel
ops around the electropositive electrode against the
mesentery. The surrounding brown dots represent
diapedetic blood. Fig. XIV: I. Effecrs of elec~ric curren< in small quan<iry (1. 0
pA, 30 min, 1. 0 V), passed berween aorta (carhode) and me
scnrery (anode) of an anaesrherized dog. (a) In vivo phoromi·
crograph shows diapedetic bleedings as irregular dots around
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A: The application of direct current is not comparable to real-life biological situations, as it is a brief application, whereas in biological situations it would be a prolonged process.
Q: What happens when a direct current is applied between two platinum electrodes in a living tissue?,
A: The quantity of charge transported between the electrodes can be determined as the product of current and time, expressed in coulombs.
Q: What is the effect of an electric potential difference on the quality of tissue material?,
A: The electric potential difference can lead to differences in the quality of tissue material, as different materials possess different specific energy levels of ionization and ionic adsorption characteristics.
Q: What is the mechanism of electrophoresis, and how does it affect the tissue?,
A: The mechanism of electrophoresis is the migration of ions and the recombination of protons and hydroxyl ions, which can lead to the formation of an "A" zone and ischaemia.
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of a dog at a distance between them of about 5 em. Alternatively, one platinum electrode was inserted in
lung and the other electrode, a stainless steel guide
wire, was inserted through an intravascular catheter
into the pulmonary artery or aorta. The introduction
of one electrode through a transvenous catheter into
the pulmonary artery makes it possible to use the
branching pulmonary arterial tree as the conducting
pathway between the electrodes. When an electrode is
in the aorta, bronchial arteries serve as the conducting
pathway. The electrically induced changes in tissue around a
small, 5 mm long, intrapulmonary electrode as anode,
with the cathode positioned in a supplying vessel 3 em
or more distant, were found to be almost spherical. The longer string electrodes gave a more elliptical
shape to the changes in tissue. Experiments were performed in ten dogs, first as
chronic studies over four weeks and then acutely in
each animal. Current was first applied between two
electrodes in one lung. Four weeks later, current was
applied between electrodes in the contralateral lung. Each animal was then sacrificed immediately by intra
venous injection of a large dose of sodium pentothal. The acute effects of an applied current between an
intravascular electrode and a percutaneously inserted
string electrode in pulmonary parenchyma may be
seen in a representative example in Fig. XIV: 20. The
anodic platinum string electrode was inserted percuta
neously into the parenchyma of the left lower lobe and
the cathodic catheter and its guide wire of stainless
steel into the left pulmonary artery (Fig. XIV: 20 a
and b). Before current was applied, an arteriogram of
the dog's left lower lobe was made with 20 ml of 60%
Urografin. This study was normal, as seen in lateral
projection (Fig. XIV: 20c). An electric potential of 20 volts DC was then ap·
plied between the catheter guide wire and the plati
num electrode, which was made electropositive. The
initial current of about 15 milliamperes increased
spontaneous ly and gradually to about 55 milliamperes,
at which level it remained. A total of 180 coulombs
was given. Arteriography was then performed. Urografin (60 Fig. XIV: 20. Acute effects
of direct current between a
pulmonary artery and paren·
chyma of a dog's lung: ra
diographs in vivo. (a) Ante·
roposterior and (b) lateral
radiographs before applica
tion of current. Transvenous
catheter in left pulmonary
artery. Guidewire in lower
lobe pulmonary artery
serves as cathode ( -). Platinum electrode percuta·
neously inserted in lower
lobe serves as anode ( f ). (c) Control arteriogram,lat ·
eral projection, shows nor·
mal left lower lobe pulmo·
nary arteries. After 180 cou·
lombs at 20 V had passed
between the electrodes, re
peat arteriogram (<I) shows
blocking of pulmonary arte·
rial branches ( \o) near the
cathode and leakage of con·
trast medium into the inter·
stitial tissue near the anode
(diffuse opacities in lower
right part of figure). percent, 20 ml) was again injected through the catheter
in the pulmonary artery. A cone-shaped constriction
and nearly complete blocking of pro><irnal pulmonary
arterial bran.ches were found adjacent ro the electrone
gative electrode (upper contrast-fi lled vessels in Fig. XIV: 20 d). Nearer the electropositive electrode the
contrast medium extravasated into the interstitial tis·
sue, as seen in the lower part of Fig. XIV: 20d. At autopsy the left lower lobe was found to be bright
red (Fig. XIV: 21). Under the intact pleura a dark
region was seen, which on palpation corresponded to a firm tumour-like mass at the site of the anode. When
the lung was incised, this mass was firm, like a granu·
lorna. Its centre was white, completely dry, and mea·
surcd 8x8x IS mm. The periphery of the mass was
also dry but black. The total size of the white and
black "granuloma" was 3.2x2.0x2.0 em. The sur·
rounding lung tissue contained an increased amoum of
blood. The site of the intravascular cathode revealed no
gross thrombi either on the electrode or in the vessels. Perivascular tissue, however, was rather dark and ex·
Activation of VICC 193 Fig. XIV: 2J. Acute effects of di.rect current between a pul·
monary artery and parenchyma of a dog's lung: autopsy
specimen (same dog as in Fig. XIV: 20). Section through
lower lobe reveals a 3.2X2.0X2.0cm black dry mass around
the anode. The cathodic region in the mid upper part is oe·
dematous and dark from blood pigment. Vessels in theca
thodic region were not blocked by thrombosis. The vascular
blocking shown near the cathode in Fig. XIV: 20 appeared to
be produced by compression from interstitial oedema. The
anodic lesion showed a smaU cemral gas cavity surrounded
by white-gray, ctdorine-b leached material. Surrounding
black area is caused by HCI-destroyed blood (proton diffu
sion and migration from anodic surface). ceedingly oedemato us. Liquid flowed freely from the
frt"$:hly inci~ct ri~f\ne in rhi~ region. Histologic sections of the mass around the anode
showed "inflamma tory" change.~ of moderate infiltra
tions of leukocyte s and marginal accumulations of leu
kocytes in vessels. Oedema dominated in the tissue
around the cathode. No thrombotic blockings were
seen in the vessels around the anode. The blocking of
the passage of the contrast medium in this region was
interpreted as produced by pressure of inter


Words  and  Understanding—in  which  there  is no human
concept! Because  Their  Words  are Power  and  are Cups  of
the Qualities  which  They  carry! This  Understanding  will
set mankind  Free,  as nothing  else  will  do! It is not,  that  there  are not many  wonderful  things  in the
world;  but  We  know  This  Knowledge  is Unadulterated
and COMPLETE  as given! It is that  which  We  used! All
of the Ascended  Masters  have  used  identically  the Same 36 THE  "7 AM"  DISCOURSES
Application,  even  the  Same  Wording  and  Expression,
which  is given  to you  by Saint  Germain! All of this  is given
and held  Unadulterated  and  Uninterfered  with! It will  give
you your  Freedom  from  limitations  most  quickly  and  your
Ascension,  if you  will  so decree  It! The Beauty  and  Power  of It is, that  any  one  who  will
start  now,  can  in this  embodiment  have  his or her Ascen-
sion. If such  Individuals'  Light  has  not  expanded  suffi-
ciently  for the Accomplishment  within  this  embodiment,
they  will  come  back  in the Full  Understanding  of this  "I
AM Presence";  because  they  will  be trained  in between  em-
bodiments  in the Knowledge  of their  "Mighty  I AM  Pres-
ence"! They  will  come  back  in the next  embodiment,  make
the Ascension;  and  have  their  Eternal  Freedom  in that  em-
bodiment! These  are Mighty  Truths,  Dear  Hearts,  you  can
believe  them  or not. We are not concerned,  Precious  Ones,  as the Messengers
have  said  in their  class,  who  accepts  or don't. Their  part  is
to offer  This  Light  and  Its Application;  and  the people  can
take It and  apply  It to their  Freedom,  if they  will. We never
try to urge—I  will  not say,  We do not "try  to urge"  for We
do sometimes;  but We never  coerce,  because  mankind  must
come  in, by its own  Free  will. It is your  Eternal  Freedom,  because  everything  you  do
thru  your  "I AM  Presence,"  becomes  an Established  Activ-
ity of the Power  of the Presence  in your  feeling  world. It be-
comes  the Presence  in action,  to the degree  you  have  called
Its Power  forth  and  It becomes  anchored  there. DISCOURSE  III  37
We are talking  Heart  to Heart  here,  and  I say:  "As  long
as the students  listen  to the unhappy  gossip,  the criticism
and the frightful  falsehoods,  which  these  vicious  individ-
uals have  put  forth  concerning  the  Messengers,  the  stu-
dents  will  remain  in their  limitations. The  Messengers  will
go on doing  their  Work  and  themselves  be wholly  Free;
but the  student  who  accepts  falsehoods,  will  remain  in
limitations." Dear  Hearts,  it is so Self-evident. How  can  any  one  fail
to grasp  it? The  Messengers  have  pled  with  the students
thruout  these  more  than  two  years. They  have  said  so often,
Harmony  is the IMPORTANT  ACTIVITY  within  the
feeling  world  of mankind;  in order  to allow  the Power  of
the Presence  to have  Its Dominion  within  the  physical
mind  and  body  of mankind,  to produce  Its Perfection
there. Without  Harmony,  you continue  to clothe  the Mighty
Energy,  which,  if left  in Its Natural  Harmonious  State,
would  quickly  and  readily  set you  Free! There  is only  one
way to stop  clothing  it, and  that  is to hold  Harmony  in your
feeling  all the time! With  all the ugly  things  which  have  been  said  to this
good  brother  and  Mrs.  Ballard,  never  an unkind  thought  or
feeling  goes  out,  even  to those  who  do it! Because  you  see
them  powerful,  firm  and  positive,  don't  ever  make  the
mistake,  of thinking  that  any feeling  goes  out but Love  and
kindness. They  have  learned  the Law  and  they  are living
It, an Eternal  Example  to mankind,  if the people  will  but
see it. 38 THE  "7 AM"  DISCOURSES
I want  you  to know  tonight,  not only  you  Precious  Ones
here,  but every  earnest  sincere  student  in New  York;  that
from  My  Body,  goes  out a Ray  of Light  and  Energy  into
every  Heart  and  each  one's  feeling  world;  preparing  them
for this  class  beginning  on Saturday;  so they  may  have  the
greatest  possible  benefit  from  it. Then,  if Harmony  is main-
tained,  how  do you  know,  how  soon  the Messengers  may
come  again! You will  notice,  Precious  Ones,  whenever  the Messengers
have  been  able  to reach  cities  twice  a year,  Harmony  and
Marvelous  Activity  have  been  maintained. Let  us all join
like one  Mighty  Wall  of Light,  all students  in New  York,
in One  Great  Loving  Harmonious  Accord. For  what ? Not
just your  own  Individual  Expansion  of your  Light,  which
will naturally  come;  but  for the mighty  imperative  need
for the Protection  of America. Beloved  Ones,  you  cannot  imagine  and  I shall  not  at-
tempt  to voice  to you,  what  stands  before  you;  to be con-
quered  in the Protection  of America. These  Precious  Mes-
sengers  have  pled  with  mankind  thruout  these  two  years,
more  and  more  powerfully  for that  need. However,  one
day you  will  see how  Great  has been  their  Love  and  Bless-
ing for America. In These  Mighty  Decrees  which  have  gone  forth  for the
Protection  and  blessing  of America,  I tell you  Dear  Hearts,
you would  not  be here  today,  if it had  not  been  done. Now  the foolishness  in mankind  may  believe  that  or not;
but We know  This  Truth  only  too well;  and  if humanity DISCOURSE  III  39
will not listen,  then  experience  must  be the teacher  and
you know  experience  is a terrific  teacher,  is it not? Won't  you  turn  to your  "Mighty  I AM  Presence,"  call
the Power  of the Violet  Consuming  Flame  into  action,  to
dissolve  and  consume  every  discordant  thing  from  your
world ? Then,  enter  quickly  into  Joy and  Freedom  which
the Presence  holds  for you;  instead  of going  on in the ex-
perience  Life,  and  thru  the discord  in your  feeling,  pass  out
of these  bodies  and  come  again  into  a similar  condition. Beloved  Ones,  do you  not see mankind  has  been  doing
this very  identical  thing,  thru  the centuries ? There  is only
one thing  in the Universe,  which  can solve  the problems  of
mankind  and  make  the  solving  permanent;  and  that  is
calling  the Power  of the Presence  into  action;  to fill and
harmonize  your  world;  to take  command  of mankind,  and
the governments  of the world;  and  in That  Call,  really  will
come  the  Divine  Guidance  and  Divine  Power  required. Then,  as the Mighty  Arcturus  has said:  "That  Light


,  to no longer  give  power  to per-
sons,  places  or conditions  to interrupt,  interfere  with—or
limit  you  in any  way. Now  in order  to comprehend  this, 282 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
you must  realize  not one thing  can enter  your  world  or any
condition  whatever,  except  thru  your  attention,  by which
you connect  your  own  Life  Stream  with  it. It is IMPOS-
SIBLE  FOR  ANYTHING  TO  REACH  OR  ENTER
YOUR  WORLD  WITHOUT  YOUR  ATTENTION
UPON  IT. That  is why,  Beloved  Ones,  today,  please  close  the door
and seal  it, on everything  which  has  been  in the past—up
to this  hour. Close  it now  and  let Me help  you  to close  that
door. Lock  it and  seal  it, so not once  again,  does  your  at-
tention  ever  go back  to what  has been,  whether  it is good,
bad or indifferent. Erase  it. Shut  the door. Then  as you
turn  and  face  your  "I AM  Presence,"  know  henceforth,
only  Its Intelligence,  Presence  and  Power,  with  all Its Glory
and Harmony,  are acting  in and  thru  your  body  and  feeling
world. Then,  you  will  rejoice  so much  at the changed  con-
ditions. Your  Life,  world  and  activity  will  be filled  with
successful  achievement,  with  happiness  which  you  cannot
comprehend,  until  you  do that. Beloved  Ones,  do you  think  what  you  have  called  hap-
piness  up to this  time,  is Real  Happiness. Oh,  you  cannot
believe  how  Great  the  Happiness  from  your  Presence  is,
until  you  begin  to experience  It. I tell you,  the Happiness
in the Acknowledgment  of your  Presence,  is the only  Real
Source  of Happiness  in This  Universe. It continues  to pour
in at your  Call  and  as you realize  the imperative  need,  is for
you to keep  your  feeling  harmonious. Then  no longer  your
qualification  of discord  clothes  your  Life  Energy. You  will DISCOURSE  XVIII  283
feel and  know  definitely,  the Energy  has poured  forth  just
like a Mighty  River  out into  your  world  of action—harmo-
nizing  everything  and  holding  Its Dominion. When  some-
thing  is required,  and  you  hold  the Harmony;  then  by a
Decree,  it comes  forth  and  acts  in your  world  with  the
Speed  of Lightning. That  is the Law  and  Action  of the  "I AM  Presence. " There  are thousands  and  thousands  of the students  today,
who  have  experienced  It time,  and  time  again. They  are
realizing  the only  reason  why  their  application  has not pro-
duced  extraordinary  results  in the  past,  was  because  un-
known  to themselves,  discord  was  still acting  in the feeling. While  the intellect  was  refusing  it, still  in the feeling  the
qualification  of discord  was  going  on;  qualifying  the en-
ergy  with  the discord  of the past. You  cannot  afford  to do
that. YOU  MUST,  BELOVED  ONES,  TAKE  YOUR
STAND  AND  SHUT  THAT  THING  OFF  OR  SAY
TO YOUR  FEELING:  "STOP. BE  SILENT". TURN
YOUR  ATTENTION  TO  THE  PRESENCE  AND
HAVE  ITS  GLORY  AND  BLESSING. You do not perhaps  realize,  how  firm  you  must  be, to-
ward  your  own  feeling  world. When  it has gained  a mo-
mentum  of centuries,  you  are under  its pressure. You  might
say to Me:  "Well  suppose  I don't  know  I have  lived  before. Do I still  have  the accumulation  of the centuries  in this
embodiment". Yes. I will  explain  to you  why. Because
in all of the accumulation  of the centuries,  even  though
you did  not know  it could  be dissolved;  if you  have  not 284 THE  "I AM99  DISCOURSES
set the Law  of Life  into  action  which  would  dissolve  it,
then  it still  remains. All the  accumulation,  all the  discord  which  has  been
in your  experience  of the past,  still  remains  about  you  and
in your  world. Believe  it or not. You  meet  all that  accumu-
lation,  when  you  come  back  into  this  embodiment. It is just
waiting  there  for you,  because  it belongs  to you;  and  you
cannot  get away  from  it, until  you  know  this Presence  of all
Life;  and  call It to use the Violet  Consuming  Flame  to dis-
solve  and  consume  every  bit of your  accumulation  of dis-
cord. The  Mercy  or Glory  of your  Presence,  will  at your
call, dissolve  and  consume  every  particle  of your  accumula-
tion of discord  of the centuries;  in a few  weeks  or a few
months  at most,  if the person  is very  sincere  and  in earnest. Therefore,  Beloved  Ones,  you  have  in your  hands  the
Dominion  to set yourselves  wholly  Free,  no matter  what
the mistakes  of the past  have  been. Is there  any  Greater
Mercy  than  the Presence  of Life,  which  says  to wayward
mankind:  " 'I AM'  not interested  in your  mistakes. I want
you to be Free. As quick  as you  will  listen  to Me,  and  turn
away  from  whatever  has  caused  you  to create  the discord
and limitations  which  you  experience,  then  'I AM'  ready. 'I AM'  the Presence  of all Life,  ready  to forgive  your  mis-
takes,  at your  Call  on the Law  of Forgiveness. 'I AM'  ready
to forget  all which  has been;  and  then  set the Violet  Con-
suming  Flame  into  action  to dissolve  and  consume  every
particle  of that  for you. ". Do you  know,  every  one of blessed  mankind  is so good  at DISCOURSE  XVIII  285
Heart;  but  because  destructive  conditions  have  beset  the
people  sometimes,  it has made  them  feel  almost  fiendish. That  does  not belong  to them—never. It is an imposed  con-
dition  from  the generated  creation  of mankind's  discord. The Blessed  Ones  do not know  that  and  sometimes  yield
to destructive  force;  causing  themselves  to loose  their  phys-
ical Freedom  for an entire  embodiment. Look  at your  institutions,  your  asylums,  youi  institutions
of incarceration,  your  prisons,  full  to running  over.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>
Q: What does the speaker mean by "your feeling is following the activity of your attention"?,
A: The speaker means that one's feeling and attention must align with their intention and call to the "I AM Presence" to produce results.
Q: What is the key to understanding the Law of Life?,
A: The key is to understand that the Law of Life is not a personality, but a Principle that governs all actions.
Q: What is the role of the Ascended Masters in this process?,
A: The Ascended Masters are not just individuals, but rather the governing authority of the universe, and their role is to guide and assist in the application of the Law of Life.
Q: What is the purpose of the Violet Consuming Flame?,
A: The Violet Consuming Flame is a powerful tool to dissolve and consume all discordant accumulation, and to bring about a complete release from all limitations.
Q: What is the most important thing to understand in the "I AM" Activity?,
A: The most important thing to understand is that the Law of Life is the governing authority, and one must take responsibility for their own actions and not blame others or external circumstances.<|eot_id|><|begin_of_text|>Be thou


 but it is known that the pain-
blocking effects of baroreceptor stimulation are lessened during mental
stress. 9A 2016 study explored the assessment and treatment of breathing
pattern disorders in three patients whose musculoskeletal pain complaints
were related to trigger points, motor control adaptations, and muscle
imbalances. 10 The participants were treated using breathing exercises and
manual trigger point therapy. Breathing reeducation focused on a physical
exercise called the “clamshell exercise,” which is designed to alter intra-
abdominal pressure and prompt the patient’ s breathing reflex. Pain
decreased in all three participants, although it was unknown whether this
was due to impr ovement in diaphragm function and core stability, lessening
of tender trigger points, or the restoration of functional movement. 10
According to researchers, breathing therapy is not typically considered to be
as effective as physical therapy in the treatment of pain conditions, yet there
is clear evidence that it is possib le to achieve similar improvements in pain,
function, and physical and emotional factors with both techniques. 11
While we have so far focused on the diaphragm, both in terms of its
importance for functional breathing and its role in spinal stabil ity, it’s also
helpful to acknowledge other respiratory muscles. The diaphragm is
responsible for around 70% to 80% of the work of respiration under quiet
breathing conditions. The other  30% is performed by the scalene, external
intercostals, sternocleidomastoids, and parasternal intercostal muscles. 12
The scalene muscles are a group of three pairs of muscles in the sides of
the neck. They are called secon dary breathing muscles but are considered
by some  scientists to be primar y to respiration as they lift and expand the
rib cage during inhalation and are active at a low level even during light
breathing. 13 It’s easier to see these muscles at work during exercise, when
ventilatory demand is high. 13 Trigger point pain in the scalene muscles is
often associated with pain radiating to the arm, which is commonly
misdiagnosed as disc herniatio n or prolapse, neck pain, or carpal tunnel
syndrome. This type of misdiagnosis leads to mismanagement of the
condition which can perpetuate the existing problem. 14
BREA THING AND THE PERCEPTION OF P AIN
How we breathe directly affects how badly something hurts. Beyond factors
such as postural control and muscle tension, breathing pattern disorders canplay a role in the amplification of pain. 15 For instance, respiratory alkalosis
caused by overbreathing can induce muscle spasm and heighten the body’ s
response to stress hormones including adrenaline. These factors  combine to
create inadequa te blood flow and poor oxygenation of the tissues and
organs. One 2006 study used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to
explore the way that hyperv entilation influences pain mechanisms. 16
Researchers found that low blood CO2 may affect the processing of motor
tasks and pain input. They discovered changes in the relative levels of
oxygenated and deoxygenated  blood, which they believed indicated
widespread constriction of blood vessels in the gray matter of the brain. This was thought to represent an acute reaction to reduced blood CO 2. Constriction of the blood vesse ls due to overbreathing stops the blood
from flowing freely to the brain and limits oxygenation of the tissues. 17
This has implications for the excitability of nerve cells in the brain and can
potentially impact both motor control and pain perception. Respiratory
alkalosis, caused by low levels of blood CO 2, increas es the sensitivity of the
peripheral nerves. The periphera l nerves send messages from the brain and
spinal cord to the rest of the body, allowing us, for examp le, to sense
whether our feet are cold and to move our muscles to walk. 18 This increased
sensitivity is what causes the muscular tension, spinal reflexes, muscle
spasm, and a much greater perception of pain, light, and sound, which are
all typical of alkalosis. Alkalosis can also cause mood swings, panic
attacks, anxiety, and phobic behavior,19 all of which can result in a negative
feedback loop of poor breathing and deepening psychological distress. The impact of hyperventilation  on the excitability of the neurons was
explored in a 1991 paper in Brain. Resear chers looked at the effects of low
blood CO2 on two condi tions that impact movement, paresthesia  and
tetany. 20 Paresthesia is an abnormal tingling or prickly sensation, like pins
and needles, which is caused by pressure on or damage to peripheral nerves. Tetany is a condition characteriz ed by spasms of the hands, feet, and voice
box; cramps; and overactive neurological reflexes. Tetany, which is
generally caused  by very low blood calcium levels, can also be the result of
severe alkalosis. Scientists monitored the excit ability of nerve fibers in six healthy
subjects. Partic ipants were asked to hyperventilate until paresthesia
occurred in the hands, face, and trunk. This occurred when the pressure of
alveolar CO2 had decreased by, on average, 20 mmHg. Spontaneous EMG
activity—muscle activity in response to stimulation by the nerves—
developed when CO2 had dropped by a further 4 mmHg. Neuronal
excitability increased progress ively in all participants as CO2 levels
dropped, producing a “statistica lly significant inverse correlat ion. ” When
neurons or nerve cells are “excitable,” it means they are generating
electrical impulses that transmit information throughout the nervous system. The changes in the neurons happened before any sensation of paresthesia or
tetany developed. Two of the subjects also perceived spontaneous bursts of
neuronal activit y to be pins and needles. The study concluded that the
physical symptoms of paresthesia and tetany induced by hyperventilation
were entirely the result of changes in neuronal excitability. 20 This is best
described as hyperventilation causing an imbalance in the electrical
equilibrium of the brain due to constriction of blood vessels in the brain,
and this causes the physical symptoms. BACK P AIN
When researchers looked for links between health, pain histories, and faulty
breathing, they found a much higher prevalence of dysfunctional breathing
than expected. Their 2003 paper published in the Journal of Bodywork and
Movement Therapies  examined 111 patients attending a clinic for
chiropractic pain. To their surprise, more than half of the study participants
demonstrated faulty breathing on relaxed inhalation, and three-quarters
breathed in a dysfunctional way when taking a deep breath. Nearly 90% of
the subjects had experienced some kind of musculoskeletal pain in the head,
neck, back, buttocks, leg, or arm. Based on their findings, the report’ s
authors commen t that clinicians can expect three in every four new patients
to have faulty breathing patterns. 19
As we already know, in a healthy body, the diaphragm dyna mically
stabilizes the lumbar spine, lowering on inhalation. Together with the
expansion of the lower ribs, this creates sufficient intra-abdominal pressurefor postural stability. In people with chronic lumbar problems, the
diaphragm remains higher and flatter, moving less. During inhalation, the
ribs do not move, and the diaphr agm does not lower to its usual fixed point. Consequently, the body becomes less able to regulate IAP, and the lumbar
and sacroiliac regions become unstable. According to a 2016 study from  the Osteopathic Centre for Research
and Studies in Ancona, Italy, people who suffer from pain in their lower
back and sacroiliac joint often have early fatigue of the diaphragm,
otherwise descri bed as poor diaphragmatic endurance, which can be caused
by overe xertion of the respiratory muscles. 21 Breathi ng too hard, a feature
of chronic, effortful, inefficient overbreathing, can exhaust the breathing
muscles. A 2004 research paper by Dr. Leon Chaitow, a well-regarded osteopath
and naturopath, explains that the core stability of the diaphragm and abs can
be compromised  if both poor breathing and a “load challenge” to the lower
back are present. 3 A load challeng e is anything that adds a “load” or weight
to the task at hand, which, in this case, is movement. Chaito w uses the
example of shoveling snow, but digging the garden, pushing a pram, using a
vacuum cleaner, and many other day-to-day tasks have the same effect. Results showed that, after only 60 seconds with elevated blood CO 2, muscle
function was reduced or lackin g in postural muscles and in the muscles
used for movement. This underlines the extent to which chronic
dysfunctional breathing can interfere with the body’ s ability to move freely. Although more research is need ed, Chaitow’ s results were clear: increased
respiratory demand compromises postural control so that the likelihood of
spinal injury is significantly higher. This is especially true during


 a time. She finally had a
breakthrough when, one morning, in desperation and with a panic attack
imminent, she began to read the chapter Nine Healthy Breathing Habits in
Five Days, from Tess Graham’ s book Relief from Snoring and Sleep
Apnea.100 The instruction s in the book enabled Nicky to finally let go of
control and start to breathe easily again.Four months later, the improvements in Nicky’ s health were
extraordinary. She lost six kilos as her metabolism stabilized, and she didn’ t
need to drink so much water. The hyperexcitability and asynchronous firing
of brain neurons that, at times, caused her to be overreactive, emotional,
fragile, hostile, irrational, anxious, and fast, which she thought were part of
her personality, vanished. Raising her CO2 levels led to a much calmer
outlook. Her memory and cognitive function improved. She taped her
mouth every night, and her sleep quality became so good that she needed
less sleep, no longer needing  to go to the toilet during the night or
experiencing nightmares. Exerc ise no longer left her feeling exhausted or
achy, and her capacity for exercise increased. However, her BOL T score was still only 16 seconds, and her lack of
progress was frustrating. She wanted to achieve the level of super health
that she knew was available with a BOL T score over 40. To teach, she also
needed to improve her BOL T score. She had the time, energy, motivation,
and commitment to do the work, but her breathing instructor ’s advice was
just to relax and not focus on her BOL T score. At this point, her breathwork consisted of daily yoga or a walk, during
which she reduced her breathing, and one or two meditation sessions where
she lay on her back and practiced reduced breathing. She was still unable to
do the reduced breathing exercis e as it was taught to her. Two or three times
a week, she had bad breathing days when her head and sinuses would feel
constricted, and she would be less able to focus. She developed tension in her neck and shoulders. Her instructor
suggested that she try the Himalayan rock salt drink (a quarter teaspoon of
rock salt in warm  water three times a day) and see what happened. This had
been suggested in the course, but she had overlooked it. She took the drink
twice that day and has been taking it ever since. The tensi on problem
resolved immediately, and it has not returned. In September 2016, without consulting her doctor or specialist, Nicky
started to come off Lamotrigine  at a rate of 25 mg every few weeks. This
process took five months. She felt safe reducing the dose as she considered
the recurrence of some complex  partial seizures to be a warning system that
would let her know the epilepsy was still there. She also felt that as long asher mouth was taped at night, she wasn’ t likely to hyperventilate enough to
bring on a grand mal seizure. From her research, she unders tood that her BOL T score should be
around 35 befor e epilepsy would be controlled, but she decided to go ahead
and reduce the drug anyway. Everything was fine until she got down to 25
mg per day (down from six pills per day to one), and then her nervous
system reacted. Her nervous excitation and feelings of irritability returned,
and she struggled to get any work done. Her capacity for exercise reduced
again. She lost confidence in the future and in her breathing practice, and
she was nervous  about having come off her medication with a BOL T score
of only 16. Nicky realized that with such a low BOL T score, her breathing was still
too unstable for her epilepsy to be under good control. She need ed to make
some progress, and it seemed that by practicing strong breath holds she
might achieve this, but her breathing coach had told her not to practice
breath holds at all. She had also been warned that the intense detoxification
caused by strong breath holds could induce exacerbations of disease, which
in her case meant grand mal seizures. She was confused and frustrated. However, she persisted in seeking help
and working to understand her breathing. She also consulted physical
therapists and began to release long-standing physical tensions and
imbalances. Fast-forward to 2019, and Nick y noticed that, despite all the changes
she had made, speaking still left her feeling exhausted. She experienced
tension in her abdomen when she spoke for long periods, and she found
herself cancelling social engage ments due to a sense that she didn’ t have
enough breath to go out and talk for the evening. She also had a phobia of
public speaking. Nicky’ s ambition was still to become a breathing educator, but she
wasn’ t sure how this would work. She consulted speech therapist Hadas
Golan, who identified the problem: Nicky was speaking for too long
without taking a breath, exhaling  too much air, bringing it below the resting
expiratory level, leading her to gasp and overinflate her lungs on the
inhalation. This habit creates a lot of tension in the secondary breathing
muscles and abdominals. While Nicky still hyperventilates when she talks,
she now uses practice of reduced breathing, after teaching, to recover.Nicky also began taking a selection of supplements. In the book Normal
Breathing,101 author Doctor Artour Rakhimov identifies that levels of
calcium, magnesium, potassium, and sodium tend to run low in
overbreathers, and Nicky began adding these minerals to her diet. Now, Nicky’ s end-tidal CO2 reading is between 38 mmH g and 40
mmHg at rest. Her BOL T score is around 20 seconds. She has not had either
type of seizure since she took the first breathing retraining course. In fact,
she believes the breathing pract ice probably saved her life. She is planning
to train as an instructor in New Zealand and works to raise awareness of
breathwork. One of her goals is for breathing dysfunction to be screened for
in general practice, and she is taking steps to promote this. ADVICE T O FELLOW PERFECTIONISTS AND
OVERBREA THERS
1. Before training as a breathing instructor, it is important to do a course yourself to
ensure that your own breathing health is suf ficient. 2. A client can be quite sick while appearing to be normal and high functioning. A
detailed health questionnaire is an important part of any breathing assessment. 3. For anyone with a serious health condition, breathing retraining cannot be
undertaken in a five-day course. Ongoing, long-term support is likely to be
necessary. 4. People with epilepsy must learn very gently and slowly. Weekly sessions are
enough. 5. If you have anxiety or control tendencies, the work should be taken very slowly,
especially if you also have a serious health condition. 6. Long breath holds must not be practiced by anyone with epilepsy. 7. Chronic hyperventilators may not be able to relax the breathing muscles. When
muscles are underoxygenated, they become “jumpy.” This may also af fect the
diaphragm. 8. The body compensates for anemia by increasing breathing. This is an appropriate
physiological response, and iron levels should be restored before attempting
breathing retraining. If you have a history of anemia, you should check your iron
levels regularly. 9. Overbreathers tend to run low in macronutrients. 10. If you have had a dysfunctional breathing pattern for a long time, there are likely to
be biomechanical issues. It may benefit you to seek help from a physical therapist. 11. Even though breathing is something we all do, it is easy to misunderstand
instructions. If there is anything that feels wrong or seems to cause physical or
mental stress, stop the practice, and seek specialist advice, especially if you have a
serious health condition. 12. Never come of f your medication without consulting your doctor.13. Never underestimate the power of this work and the changes in the mind and body
that can result from a few simple breathing exercises. OceanofPDF.comUCHAPTER SIXTEEN
JOIN THE BREATHING REVOLUTION
ntil recently, knowledge of the power and application of optimal
breathing has been limited to elite sports, advanced yoga
practitioners, research scientists, and other high-level professionals. In the last few years, we have witnessed the beginning of a breathing
revolution. Since I started my own journey with the breath, my aim has
been to bring these resources to as many people as possible. I believe the
exercises and understandings in this book can truly change lives for the
better. Just as it is human nature to leave things undone until they become
necessary, it has perhaps taken a global respiratory pandemic to underline
that we can’ t take anything, not even our breath, for granted. I am grateful this topic is now getting the attention it deserv es. The
negative effects of oral breathing  have been debated in dentistry since 1910,
especially the issue of whether mouth breathing affects craniofacial
development in children. All the while, millions of children and adults have
continued to suffer the health impacts of poor breathing while an industry
argues about whether the problem exists. I feel sorry for the dentists, orthodont