Breathing

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Dear ,

I am delighted to hear that I may have brought a smile to your face, or

at least a little grin. The first time I tried the tennis balls, which

are actually " still-point inducers " , a method of accupressure, I rolled

over on my side as instructed by my therapist and it felt like a mass of

fishworms was crawling around in the back of my head as the muscles did

their unwinding! *L* It is also amazing what you can do with your

breath. I have learned to focus on taking my oxygen directly to the

area of the most pain by just telling it to go there! Try it! Hold

your hand on the back of your head, and breathe deeply and concentrate

on taking the oxygen directly to the spot under your hand. Feel the

skin swell a little?? Takes a little practice, but it is amazing what

we can do with our breathing. I highly praise yoga breathing. I read a

lot of different theories, etc. but all of them say focus on the oxygen

intake. I was like you, from bed to chair to couch until I got off all

meds and figured out what foods, chemicals, and stress factors were

adding to my misery. I almost died when I was nursing my son during the

last two months of his life. I then realized that I had to " abandon my

tribe " as I was the " matriarch " of the family and the only sober one in

the bunch and was trying to take care of a bunch of irresponsible

drunks. So, I decided I wanted to live, and moved far enough away that

now I have my own life and only my stresses to deal with and it is so

much easier. Not only can drugs be toxic, but people can be toxic too!

I have walked across the embers of hell in my life, but now I am a happy

little camper; surviving on SSDI; working on my writing; promoting a gal

who has a gospel ministry; and so grateful for all the things I can

still do and learning to live with the things I can no longer do. I am

sending you some loving energy and telling you that you gotta get up off

your butt and keep moving!!! Even if it is just swaying to some slow

music, MOVE and BREATHE!!! Love and Light! Diane HUGS!!!