Category: Breathing Science

On the website of integrative breathing therapist and osteopathic doctor Rosalba Courtney I found this state of the art article: “Breathing and the Brain – Rhythm, oscillation and circulation breakthroughs in cognitive neuroscience“.

Breathing and the Brain – Rhythm, oscillation and circulation breakthroughs in cognitive neuroscience
“There is a long history of the application of breathing practices to psychological therapy, self-regulation and spiritual practice. Breathing modulation is the most common technique used by people all over the world to manage difficult emotions, stress and even pain. Focused attention on the breath is the bedrock of many meditation and mindfulness practices. Yogis propose that breathing practices that direct attention to the breath or alter its volume, timing and rhythms “purifies” and “stabilises” the nervous system, and “improves concentration and mental vigor”.

Here is a video of Patrick McKeown of the Oxygen Advantage, based on the Buteyko Method, explaining  the correlation between jaw shape and mouth breathing and the role of nitric oxide during nose breathing.

This is an excellent video by Meditay about the diaphragm‘s origin points, connections to muscles, ligaments and fascia and its openings for bloodvessels. 

In the fun animation This is oxygen by Christopher Hendryx, an oxygen molecule tries to make friends with atoms like iron and barium. Due to oxygen’s high reactivity and its dramatic effects on many atoms, this proves to be difficult…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54f7y3A7ZyI

I found this video about Dr Karel Lewit, a Jewish-Czech physician who specialized in neurology and became a world authority in myoskeletal medicine, after hearing about him from the myoskeletal therapist Erik Dalton. The video is beautifully shot by Ales Urbanczik, entitled: Touching Feeling Understanding. Dr Lewit practiced what he called a “functional, relational approach” which, of course, includes a client’s way of breathing.  Read More

I found this video about Dr Karel Lewit, a Jewish-Czech physician who specialized in neurology and became a world authority in myoskeletal medicine, after hearing about him from the myoskeletal therapist Erik Dalton. The video is beautifully shot by Ales Urbanczik, entitled: Touching Feeling Understanding. Dr Lewit practiced what he called a “functional, relational approach” which, of course, includes a client’s way of breathing.  Read More

I found this video about Dr Karel Lewit, a Jewish-Czech physician who specialized in neurology and became a world authority in myoskeletal medicine, after hearing about him from the myoskeletal therapist Erik Dalton. The video is beautifully shot by Ales Urbanczik, entitled: Touching Feeling Understanding. Dr Lewit practiced what he called a “functional, relational approach” which, of course, includes a client’s way of breathing.  Read More

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