The Tao of Natural Breathing_ For Health, Well-Being, and Inner Growth - Dennis Lewis [67]
bad breathing habits and
emotions and
six healing exhalations and
stress and
small brain center. See jade pillow
small intestine
location of
peristalsis of
sensing the
See also irritable bowel syndrome
small orbit. See microcosmic orbit
smiling
chemistry of
healing and
inner smile
voluntary vs. involuntary
smiling breath
smoking
sneezing
Sobel, David
solar plexus
abdominal breathing and
energy center in
microcosmic orbit and
opening the
somatic amnesia
sore throat
sound, breathing exercise using
spaces, breathing
spacious breath inner smile and
spaciousness
speech. See talking
spine
diaphragm and
lengthening
parasympathetic nervous system
and
releasing tension in
sensing breath of
smiling into
spirit
breath as
energy of (shen)
spiritual growth
breath and
health and
microcosmic orbit and
nature and
negative emotions and
self-sensing and
shen and
spaciousness and
yin and yang and
See also awareness
spiritual muscle. See diaphragm
spleen
digestive breathing and
location of
sensing the
six healing exhalations and
smiling into
solar plexus center and
Taoism and
squatting
standing position
stars
energy of
shen and
sternum
stillness. See also quieting; silence
stimulation
excessive or inadequate
need for new
stomach
digestive breathing and
location of
sensing the
six healing exhalations and
solar plexus center and
stress
abdominal muscles and
attention and
attitudes and
chronic illness and
coping does not solve
diaphragm and
emotions and
energy centers and
expansion of awareness and
health and
natural breathing and
organs and
pH of blood and
rate of breathing and
spacious breathing under
See also tension
struggle. See will
stubbornness
suffocation, feeling a sense of
superficial breathing. See shallow breathing
suppressed emotions
sympathetic nervous system
adrenal glands and
diaphragm and
emotions and
hyperventilation and
T
tai chi
talking.
See also communication
tan tien cleansing breath
tan tiens
Tao
defined
natural breathing and
See also Healing Tao
Taoism
bellows breathing and
breath and energy and
chi and
energy channels/meridians and
five elements of
inner alchemy and
law of least effort
longevity and
macrocosmic orbit and
microcosmic orbit and
natural breathing and
negative emotions and
negative ions and
opening body areas and
organs and
polarity of heaven and earth and
saliva and
sensory awareness and
six healing exhalations and
smiling and
spaciousness and
tan tiens and
three treasures of
vital breath movement and
Taoist abdominal (reverse) breathing
T-cells
television
tension
in abdominal muscles
attention and
brain and
breathing exercises and
cleansing breath and
clearing from energy channels
diaphragm and
effort and
emotions and
energy centers and
energy wasted by
expansion of awareness and
health and
hyperventilation and
microcosmic orbit and
organic awareness and
in organs
pH of blood and
quality of breathing and
rate of breathing and
relaxation and
releasing deep
self-sensing and
smiling breath and
tan tien cleansing breath and
toxins and
Westerners and
See also stress
thalamus
third eye. See pituitary center
thoracic cage
thoracic phase of breathing
thoughts. See mind
throat
opening and clearing passages in
sore
throat center, of microcosmic orbit
thymus gland
heart center and
smiling into
thyroid gland
Tibetan Buddhism
tissues. See organs/tissues
tobacco
tongue
six healing exhalations and
touching to roof of mouth
tonsils
toxins
bad breathing habits and
bellows breathing and
cleansing breath and
clearing from energy channels
six healing exhalations and
smiling breath and
tan tien cleansing breath and
tension and
whole-body breath and
trachea
transformation. See alchemy; self-transformation
triple warmer
trust
U
ulcers
ultradian rhythm
universal force
unknown, embracing the
upper breathing space
upward pull
See also will
uterus, referral of pain in
V
vagus nerve
vena cava
vertigo
victim, feeling