Re: Breath to develop the brain?

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The question I wanted to ask about the using the breath to develop

the brain is: Does anyone have any knowledge or viewpoint about this

technique? Is this legitimate or quacky?

Thanks

Makarewicz

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heartmath.org or com has alot of information about HRV which does the same thing.

I can't sight it but there have been some favorable studies on HRV

Check out cardiologix for about $35 they sell a nice little game for breathe exercises.

5 seconds in and 5 out. Makarewicz MA LMHC LMT <kevinmakarewicz@...> wrote:

The question I wanted to ask about the using the breath to develop the brain is: Does anyone have any knowledge or viewpoint about this technique? Is this legitimate or quacky?Thanks Makarewicz

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Some thoughts glued in here and there . . .

At 01:27 PM 3/16/2004, you wrote:

Makarewicz MA LPC

(203) 698-2465

MORE ON THE EXPANSION BREATH

By Flanagan & Gael Crystal Flanagan

The Expansion Breath is a very simple exercise, which may lead to

increased

brain capacity and increased overall energy and well being. This

exercise

takes very little time, but the final results are truly remarkable.

The

following is an article to give documentation to the profound results of

the

expansion breath.

When Albert Einstein's brain was analyzed, the only difference between

his

brain and an ordinary person's brain was that Einstein's brain had a

larger

number of cells known as glial cells. This means that Einstein's

brain was

more vascular (had more blood flow) and this meant that his brain

received

more oxygen than most brains.

[The greater the

flow of blood to the brain,

the greater the oxygenation, the greater the neural networks, the higher

the

intelligence.]

This

is a three-step assertion of equivalence,

and it doesn't seem to hold together. The main problem for me is

accepting greater blood flow as the driving function. I suspect that

blood flow to the healthy brain is whatever flow rate the brain

" needs. " Notice the role reversal: a city doesn't drink more

water because we installed ten more huge pumps. And this problem is

secondary to the implication that lots of glial cells means Einstein's

brain " was more vascular. " I am not a skilled physiologist, but

I would want to look into that assertion as well. " . . . the greater

the neural networks, the higher the intelligence. " This seems to

conflict with the prior assertion that " . . . the only difference

between [Einstein's] brain . . . [was] a larger number of glial

cells. " That seems to imply that neural networks are made up of

glial cells, about which we don't seem to know very much, except that

they are probably real

improtant.

I try to keep my eye on which things are causes and which are

effects.

We can all increase our brains'

vascularity.

<snip>

If simple reflex could heal a brain-damaged child, what could it do for

an

adult with a " normal " brain?

** Make us all

into Einsteins? One thing is

certain: these techniques increase feelings of well-being and have

profound

effects on our energy levels.

** the key is, indeed,

IF the simple reflex was responsible for the healing of " brain

damage. " After that is better understood, then we would know how to

answer the tantalizing questions that

follow.

Dave Myer, Sr. . . . just cogitating aloud .

.. .

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You can also find quite a bit of info on breathing at http://www.winwenger.com/part69.htm . Win Wenger also has a free ebook in which he proposes breath holding techniques as a way to improve your awareness and attention span. You can find it here http://www.winwenger.com/ebooks/guaran.htm

I´ve also read positive comments about the Doman masking technique but could never get any info on how to do it.

There also is a free breathing training software, that you can use on your desktop, called EZ Air at http://www.bfe.org/prod.html .

Ulisses

Re: Re: Breath to develop the brain?

heartmath.org or com has alot of information about HRV which does the same thing.

I can't sight it but there have been some favorable studies on HRV

Check out cardiologix for about $35 they sell a nice little game for breathe exercises.

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