The Tao of Natural Breathing_ For Health, Well-Being, and Inner Growth - Dennis Lewis [64]
autonomic nervous system and
avoidance of feeling
birth process and
of change
diaphragm and
health and
hyperventilation and
microcosmic orbit centers and
organs and
quality of breathing during
self-sensing and
six healing exhalations and
solar plexus and
See also panic
feelings. See emotions
feet
cold
making contact with the
Feldenkrais, Moshe
Feldenkrais method
fight or flight reflex
following the breath
food
chi acquired from
immune system and
as stimulation
freedom, feeling a sense of
functional channel
G
gall bladder
generosity
glands, smiling into
golden elixir
gossip
governor channel
grief
Grof, Stanislov
groundedness
guardian chi
guilt
Gurdjieff, G. I.
Gurdjieff Work
H
Hanh, Thich Nhat
happiness
harmonizing overall energy flow
harmony
attitudes and
breathing and
effort and
spaciousness and
See also balance; yin and yang
hatred
head
making contact with
opening and clearing passages in
headaches
head breathing
healing
balance and
breath and
breathing spaces and
deep breathing and
inner awareness and
laughter and
microcosmic orbit and
natural breathing and
self-. See self-healing
self sense and
shen and
six healing exhalations
smiling and
spaciousness and
wholeness and
Healing Tao
health
balance and
breathing and
chi and
diaphragm and
emotions and
energy and
energy centers and
microcosmic orbit and
natural breathing and
nature and
negative ions and
neuropeptides and
self-knowledge and
self-sensing and
shen and
spaciousness and
spiritual growth and
stimulation and
stress and
tension and
wholeness and
yin and yang and
heart
diaphragm and
location of
natural breathing and
referral of pain in
sensing the
six healing exhalations and
smiling into
Taoism and
heart center, of microcosmic orbit
heart disease
heart rate
autonomic nervous system and
effort and
emotions and
heaven, earth and
heavens, energy of
hemoglobin
herbs
heredity, energy and
high blood pressure
higher mind. See shen
Hinduism
historical body
holding breath
honesty
hopelessness
hormones
Huang Ti
humanity, feeling a sense of
human potential movement
humor. See also smiling breath
Hymes, Alan
hyperactivity
hypertension
hyperventilation
anxiety and
bellows breathing and
as breathing exercise
defined
emotions and
stress and poorly functioning
diaphragm and
hypothalamus
I
identification
illness. See dis-ease
illusions
immune system
autoimmune diseases
chi and
guardian chi and
heart center and
reverse abdominal breathing and
self-sensing and
smiling breath and
stimulation nourishes
thoughts and feelings and
impatience. See also patience
impressions, need for new
infants
infections
inhalation
anatomy of
balancing with exhalation
emphasizing exhalation over
over exhalation
inner and outer breath and
pause between exhalation and
phases of breathing and
psychological obstacles to full
quality of
self-sensing and
significance of
spaciousness and
inner alchemy
inner breath
inner growth. See spiritual growth
inner quieting
inner smile. See also smiling breath
insecurity
insomnia. See sleep disorders
inspiration, feeling a sense of
integral awareness. See self-sensing
intercostal muscles
intestines. See colon; constipation; irritable bowel syndrome; small intestine
intuition
irritable bowel syndrome
J
jade pillow, microcosmic orbit and
James, William
jealousy
Jesus Christ
joy
judgmentalism.
See also criticism
K
kidney center, of microcosmic orbit
kidneys
cleansing and energizing
referral of pain in
sensing the
six healing exhalations and
smiling into
Taoism and
kindness
L
lactic acid
Lao Tzu
large intestine. See colon
large orbit
larynx
laughter. See also smiling breath
laws
law of least effort
of life
of nature
Weber-Fechner psychophysical law
letting go. See also relaxation
life force. See chi; energy; vitality
listening to the body
listlessness
liver
location of
sensing the
six healing exhalations and
smiling into
solar plexus center