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practice Coherence Press |
Olsson A The power of your breath The secret key to reshaping your looks your |
body your health and your weight Anders Olsson |
Gevirtz R N Schwartz M S The respiratory system in applied psychophysiology |
In M S Schwartz F Andrasik Eds Biofeedback A practitioners guide rd ed pp |
The Guilford Press |
Chapter Breathe Deeply Smoothly Slowly and on Long Intervals |
HazlettStevens H Craske M G Breathing retraining and diaphragmatic |
breathing techniques In W T ODonohue J Fisher Eds General principles and empirically |
supported techniques of cognitive behavior therapy pp John Wiley Sons |
Hopper S Murray S L Ferrara L R Singleton J K Effectiveness of |
diaphragmatic breathing on physiological and psychological stress in adults A quantitative |
systematic review protocol JB Database of Systematic Reviews and implementation Reports |
Gervitz Schwartz The respiratory system in applied psychophysiology |
McGeary C A Swanholm E Gatchel R J Pain management The encyclopedia of |
clinical psychology John Wiley Sons |
Stromberg S E Russell M E Carlson C R Diaphragmatic breathing and its |
effectiveness for the management of motion sickness Aerospace Medicine and Human |
Performance |
Borge C R Mengshoel A M Omenaas E Moum T Ekman Lein M P Mack U |
Wahl A K Effects on guided deep breathing on breathlessness and the breathing |
pattern in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease A doubleblind randomized control study |
Patient Education and Counseling |
Vranceanu A Gordon J R Gorman M J Safren S A Behavioral medicine |
strategies in outpatient psychiatric settings In T Petersen S Sprich S Wilhelm Eds |
The Massachusetts General Hospital handbook of cognitive behavioral therapy pp |
Springer |
van der Kolk B A Stone L West J Rhodes A Emerson D Suvak M Spinazzola |
J Yoga as an adjunctive treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder A randomized |
controlled trial Journal of Clinical Psychiatry e |
Lichstein K L Clinical relaxation strategies WileyInterscience |
Elliott S Edmonson E The new science of breath Coherent breathing for |
autonomic nervous system balance health and wellbeing Coherence Press |
Gervitz Schwartz The respiratory system in applied psychophysiology |
Clark M E Hirschman R Effects of paced respiration on anxiety reduction ina |
clinical population Biofeedback and Selfregulation |
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body |
Brown R P Berbarg P The healing power of the breath Simple techniques to |
reduce stress and anxiety enhance concentration and balance your emotions Shambhala |
Publications Gervitz Schwartz The respiratory system in applied psychophysiology |
Bae D Matthews J J L Chen J J Mah L Increased exhalation to inhalation |
ratio during breathing enhances highfrequency heart rate variability in healthy adults |
Psychophysiology e |
Remmers J E Gautier H Neural and mechanical mechanisms of feline purring |
Respiration Physiology |
Wallace A October Whispering to Rottweilers and to CEOs The New York |
Times |
Millan C Peltier M J Cesars way The natural everyday guide to |
understanding correcting common dog problems Random House |
Peper Tibbetts Effortless diaphragmatic breathing |
McGlynn F Smitherman T Gothard K Comment on the status of systematic |
desensitization Behavior Modification |
Chapter Hold a Steady Upward Gaze with |
Wide Eyes |
The soul fortunately has an interpreteroften an unconscious but still a faithful interpreterin the eye |
Charlotte Bront |
Eyes are essential for animals to perceive their surrounding environment and were among the |
first organs to evolve even predating the development of gills and lungs The vast majority of |
animals have eyes Even some singlecelled organisms have eyespots or patches of light |
receptive proteins However mammals are one of only a few classes of animals that use their |
eyes to communicate |
Mammals visually inspect other animals eyes for social cues often determining where the |
other animal is looking what its mental state is and whether the other animal is returning its |
gaze Humans more than any other animal use the eyes to communicate intention and |
emotion How you look at others and how you use your eyes affects you on a deep |
psychological level By modifying the involuntary patterns of your gazing behavior in the ways |
described in this chapter you can foster your sense of wellbeing improve the quality of your |
relationships and ensure your social interactions are positive and empowering |
This chapter focuses on four ways that subordination unconsciously impoverishes our eyes |
posture squinting raising the eyebrows looking down and avoiding eye contact |
All four are relatively simple to change with the application of consistent effort As you read on |
youll come to understand both how these behaviors can be harmful and why it is worth |
investing your time and energy in changing them |
Open the Eyes Wide and Refrain from Squinting |
Many mammals appraise the intent of other animals by the wideness of their eyes |
Widened eyes are intense and bold communicating fearlessness Squinted eyes are defensive |
and associated with either attack or submissiveness For instance you may notice your dog or |
cat squinting slightly and looking at the floor after brief eye contact They do this to |
demonstrate unobtrusiveness Humans squint in social situations for much the same reason |
it communicates propriety However when squinting happens too frequently the muscles |
take on tension Chronic squinting like shallow breathing is another example of a suboptimal |
display that has the potential to reduce our standard of living |
Squinting is controlled by the orbicularis oculirings of muscle technically sphincters |
that encircle the eyes and open and close the eyelids Of all the muscles on the surface of the |
human body the orbicularis oculi display the most conspicuous evidence of cumulative strain |
This is because the skin surrounding the eye is unusually thin and easily reveals discoloration |
creasing inflammation and the accumulation of fluid These conditions are caused by chronic |
squinting and lead to purple rings dark circles and bags under the eyes The muscle fibers of |
your orbicularis oculi have become tonically contracted maintaining a squinting posture |
throughout the day without you being aware The solution to this postural eye strain is to train |
yourself to widen your eyes so that they squint less frequently and to a lesser degree |
PROGRAM PEACE Self Care Exercises to Reprogram Your Mind and Body |
The activity below will ask you to position yourself in front of a mirror with your eyes as |
wide as possible You will realize that it is not easy to keep them wide and that your lower |
eyelids become tense as your thoughts drift to other topics Thats the force of habit reasserting |
itself Your eyes are accustomed to squinting by default due to the actions of lower brain |
centers You may even notice that they twitch involuntarily when you think negative thoughts |
Squinting acts as an anchor in the face that recruits wincing |
Once you have observed the habitual tension for yourself you are ready to start changing |
it Your goal is to stop overusing the orbicularis oculi muscles and instead start relying on the |
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