The Tao of Natural Breathing_ For Health, Well-Being, and Inner Growth - Dennis Lewis [63]
CNT. See Chi Nei Tsang
coccyx, microcosmic orbit and
coercion. See will
cold feet
colds
colon
location of
peristalsis of
sensing the
six healing exhalations and
See also constipation; irritable bowel syndrome
comfort
communication, throat center and
compassion
congestion
of one nostril
sinus
conscious embodiment.
See self-sensing
consciousness, shen and.
See also awareness; spiritual growth
constipation
cortisol
cosmic force
coughing
Cousins, Norman
criticism.
See also judgmentalism
crown, making contact with the
crown center, of microcosmic orbit
crystals
D
Darwin, Charles
daydreaming
deep breathing
cerebral cortex and
diaphragm and
energizing breath
healing and
phases of breathing and
positive emotions and
See also spacious breath
delusions
depression
diabetes
diaphragm
anatomy of breathing and
bellows breathing and
compensating for poorly
functioning
referral of pain in
restrictive influences on
sensing the
strengthening
diaphragmatic phase of breathing
diet. See food
digestion
abdominal breathing and
autonomic nervous system and
bad breathing habits and
bellows breathing and
diaphragm and
emotions and
helping
sensation of poor
six healing exhalations and
digestive breathing
digestive tract, smiling into
disconnection, feeling of
dis-ease
breathing and
guarding against
microcosmic orbit and
sensing
space and
stress and
vital breath movement and
See also healing; immune system; specific diseases
diseases, chronic
dizziness
doing, being vs.. See also will
door of life
dreams
drugs
dullness
Durckheim, Karlfried
E
ears, six healing exhalations and
earth, heaven and
earth force
ecology, of breathing
effort, natural breathing and
ego. See self sense
electromagnetic field
elixir fields. See tan tiens
embodiment, conscious. See body; self-sensing
emotional amnesia
emotions
autonomic nervous system and
biochemical correlates of
breath and
Chi Nei Tsang and
defined
energy and
eyes and
facial expressions and
health and
heart rate and
hyperventilation and
natural breathing and
negative
abdominal muscles and
accepting as “normal”
attention and
bellows breathing and
crown center and
diaphragm and
energy and
energy centers and
expansion of awareness and
expressing
health and
hyperventilation and
microcosmic orbit centers and
natural breathing and
organs and
physiological effects of
quality of breathing and
repressing. See emotions, repressed sexual center and
six healing exhalations and
smiling breath and
spaciousness and
spiritual growth and
survival value of
Taoism and
tension and
transforming
vitality and
observing
phases of breathing and
positive, quality of breathing during
quieting down
repressed/suppressed
self-sensing and
smiling and
spaciousness and
stress and
sympathetic nervous system and
tension and
weather and
See also specific emotions
emphysema
emptiness
endorphins
energizing breath
energy
attitudes and
blockages in
body as microcosm of universe and
breathing and
centers of
channels/meridians of
cosmic
direct sensation of
earth
effort and
emotions and
generator of
harmonizing overall flow of
health and
heredity and
increasing
of life itself, sensation of
microcosmic orbit and
navel center and
orgone
perceptual freedom and
self sense and
self-sensing of
sensation of
sexual
sexual center and
smiling breath and
storing
subtle
Taoism and
tension wastes
universal
Western science and
See also chi
enzymes. See also pepsin
epiglottis
Esalen Institute
esophagus
exercises. See breathing exercises
exhalation
anatomy of
balancing with inhalation
distinguishing from inhalation
emphasizing inhalation over
emphasizing over inhalation
inner and outer breath and
pause between inhalation and
phases of breathing and
psychological obstacles to full
quality of
self-sensing and
significance of
six healing exhalations
spaciousness and
exhaustion. See fatigue
extensor muscles
eyes
F
face, relaxing the
fatigue
fear
autoimmune