TREATING DEPRESSION AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
THROUGH BREATH WORK

SIVA PRASAD VARMA DANDU

Breath Work (Rebirthing) is a technique introduced by 'Leonard Orr'. He observed miraculous healings, both physical and mental, with this procedure. Other names for rebirthing technique are intuitive energy breathing or conscious energy breathing. It is an effective tool to feel, heal, and to reach spiritual states of consciousness. Breath (Prana) is the life force. When we take breath, we also take a lot of Pranic energy. Moreover lungs are the major organs of eliminating toxins from body. 70%-80%of toxins are eliminated from body through lungs, 10% from skin, 7% from urine and 3% from stools. Many physical symptoms have origin in mental and emotional levels. Breath work eliminates negative emotions. When healing takes place at emotional level, it lasts long. Patients experience relaxation, sometimes they shout, cry and laugh during the sessions. They experience sensations, and pains which were there before or which they did not experience before. They are nothing but the negative energies imprinted at cellular memory level in the body. During breath work we release them consciously. When breath is taken at slow rate, patients experience bodily sensations and tetany. When breath is taken at moderate rate, emotions are expressed, cry / laughter/ shouting etc. When breath is taken at rapid rate, patients go to mother's womb state and experience rebirthing and also past lives. We treated patients with depression and anxiety with breath work. 1) A patient suffering with depression secondary to Parkinsonism underwent breath work and some of his symptoms of depression improved in two sessions. 2) Breath work helped me diagnose the emotional suppression in a patient suffering with stroke. Emotional suppression-anger/negative emotions precipitate the stroke according to studies. I found out the reason that he was angry over his wife for delaying his surgical (hernia) operation. Breath work is an effective tool for emotional and mental problems. It decreases the patients' need for medication. It is done on any age group and is with no side effects. When healing takes place at feeling and emotional level, it lasts longer than when it takes place at mental level.

BREATH WORK FOR PSYCHOSOMATIC DISEASES

HARI KUMAR V. M.S.
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, OMC, Hyderabad, India

Breath is our energy! Breath is our life! Breath is our natural healer! Breath is the link between body and mind! As we breath-in...we not only breath the air but also the "prana" along with it. Our emotions, energy can be modulated through our breath. All the diseases especially psychosomatic diseases have the "ROOT" at energy and emotional bodies. "Every disease without single exception is Psycho-somatic." As is our Psyche, so is our Soma..., as you sow, so shall you reap"-JESUS...Perspective creates perception-Gita. Anger, Resentment, Guilt, and Hatred are the major culprits producing Cardio-vascular, Oncological, Immunological, and Neuromuscular problems respectively. Breath work, also known as spiritual yoga according to "Mahavatar Babaji" and popularized by Leonard Orr, new age scientist....is a powerful tool to balance Body, Mind and Spirit. Rhythmic breathing involving slow, medium and fast based on the physical sensation to emotional outburst results in conversion of our primordial breath (first breath) into quite and smoothening breath. Our breath dictates our life! New breath, as a result of breath work, re-conditions energy patterns. Thereby it heals the illness at physical level. Acceleration of energy flow, thoughtless state and release of body aches are the benefits of breath work. It is an effective tool to feel, heal, and to reach spiritual states of consciousness. Rebirthing unravels birth-death cycle and integrates body-mind into the conscious life of the eternal spirit to become a conscious expression of eternal spirit. Patients with Migraine, Musculo-Skeletal problems, and Neurological problems when subjected to Breath Work, released all pains and emotions and enjoyed the spiritual bliss in 3-10 sessions. Breath work is a valid tool for Holistic Health i.e., Physical, Mental, Emotional, Spiritual and Social well being.